The Research of Diesel Engine Performance Using Neutralized Safflower Oil as Fuel

The Research of Diesel Engine Performance Using Neutralized Safflower Oil as Fuel

ÖĞÜT, Hüseyin
OĞUZ, Hidayet
ERYILMAZ, Tanzer
DEMİR, Fikret
CİNİVİZ, Murat

Vegetable oils for use as fuel are one of the methods of use of biofuels. However, high viscosity of vegetable oils causes to some problems use long period. The problem was either solved modified vegetable oil or by modified engine. The effect of some of the physical properties of diesel fuel and safflower oil on the engine performance with kit were measured and compared in the study. In this study funded by a project of TÜBĐTAK 108 O 419, fuel properties of safflower oil was investigated and transforming safflower oil to standard fuel (DIN V 51605) and its direct usage in the diesel engine with aid of a designed kit was studied. Diesel engine which is a four-stroke, single-cylinder, 15 kW was used for laboratory tests. The engine operated under 40-50% load for 1000 hours. According to the results of this research, there was 10,18% change in torque and 22,43% power engine data in comparison with diesel fuel when the safflower oil and diesel fuel were used.

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2010-06

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