VEGETABLE OILS AS AUTOMOTIVE FUEL. EXPERIMENTAL REPORT

PFLANZENOELE ALS KRAFTSTOFF. UNTERSUCHUNGSBERICHT

The operating behavior of a 3-cylinder diesel engine with direct injection was investigated with vegetable oil as fuel in the entire range of characteristic curves. The obtained performance, efficiency, and pollutant emission properties of the engine correspond largely to those results that were obtained earlier with the same engine operated with ordinary diesel fuel. As remarkable exception, distinctly more favourable smoke and particulate emission using nut oil is to be mentioned, which should be connected aspecially with the notable oxygen content of the vegetable o.l.

• Corporate Authors:

  Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH

  Dag-Hammarskjold-Weg 1-5, Postfach 51-80
  65726 Eschborn,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Hofman, L
  • Drescher, E
  • Kleinschmidt, W
• Publication Date: 1988-9-27

Language

• German

Media Info

• Pagination: 204 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Diesel engines; Engine performance; Particulates; Pollutants; Vegetable oils
• Subject Areas: Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00623201
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1992 12:00AM