SINGLE-CYLINDER DIESEL ENGINE STUDY OF FOUR VEGETABLE OILS

A single-cylinder, 0.36 liter, D.I. Diesel engine was operated on Diesel fuel, sunflowerseed oil, cottonseed oil, soybean oil, and peanut oil. The purpose of this study was to provide a detailed comparison of performance and emissions data and to characterize the biological activity of the particulate soluble organic fraction for each fuel using the Ames Salmonella typhimurium test. In addition, exhaust gas aldehyde samples were collected using the DNPH method. These samples were analyzed gravimetrically and separated into components from formaldehyde to heptaldehyde with a gas chromatograph. Results comparing the vegetable oils to Diesel fuel generally show slight improvements in thermal efficiency and indicated specific energy consumption; equal or higher gas-phase emissions; lower indicated specific revertant emissions; and significantly higher aldehyde emissions, including an increased percentage of formaldehyde.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Fuels and Lubricants Meeting San Francisco, California, October 31-November 3, 1983.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

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• Authors:
  • Jacobus, M J
  • Geyer, S M
  • Lestz, S S
  • Taylor, W D
  • Risby, T H
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 14 p.
• Serial:
  • SAE Technical Paper
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0148-7191
  • EISSN: 2688-3627
  • Serial URL: http://papers.sae.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Diesel engines; Diesel fuels; Energy consumption; Exhaust gases; Formaldehyde; Gas chromatography; Gravimetric analysis; Testing; Thermal efficiency; Vegetable oils
• Old TRIS Terms: Gravimetric analyses
• Subject Areas: Energy; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00390927
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 831743, HS-036 849
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 30 1984 12:00AM