The effect of elevated fuel inlet temperature on performance of diesel engine running on neat vegetable oil at constant speed conditions

OMI Nwafor - Renewable energy, 2003 - Elsevier
The concept that engine design is all important in the use of vegetable oils as a diesel fuel
has been pointed out by many researchers. One hundred percent of vegetable oil can be …

Emission characteristics of diesel engine running on vegetable oil with elevated fuel inlet temperature

OMI Nwafor - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2004 - Elsevier
The world energy demand has, for the last two decades, witnessed uncertainties in two
dimensions. Firstly, the price of conventional fossil fuel is too high and has added burden on …

A comparative study on influence of fuel additives with edible and non-edible vegetable oil based on fuel characterization and engine characteristics of diesel engine

PR Shah, A Ganesh - Applied thermal engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
Use of vegetable oil as compression ignition engine fuel has been investigated by many
researchers during last decade either by direct blending with diesel or converting it into bio …

Application potential of vegetable oils as alternative to diesel fuels in compression ignition engines: A review

M Dabi, UK Saha - Journal of the Energy Institute, 2019 - Elsevier
Vegetable oils have been identified as the promising alternative source to replace fossil
based fuel in the compression ignition (CI) engine. It is renewable and possesses …

Performance of rapeseed oil blends in a diesel engine

OMI Nwafor, G Rice - Applied energy, 1996 - Elsevier
The concept that 100% vegetable oil cannot be used safely in a direct-injection diesel
engine for long periods of time has been stressed by many researchers. Short-term engine …

Effect of advanced injection timing on the performance of rapeseed oil in diesel engines

OMI Nwafor, G Rice, AI Ogbonna - Renewable energy, 2000 - Elsevier
Combustion studies on both diesel fuel and vegetable oil fuels, with the standard and
advanced injection timing, were carried out using the same engine and test procedures so …

Effect of supercharging on the performance of a DI Diesel engine with cotton seed oil

GAP Rao, PR Mohan - Energy Conversion and Management, 2003 - Elsevier
Diesel engines are the prime movers for heavy duty vehicles used in the transportation and
agricultural sectors. Diesel engines meet their energy requirement from stored fuels, ie …

A comparison of combustion characteristics of waste cooking oil with diesel as fuel in a direct injection diesel engine

CW Yu, S Bari, A Ameen - Proceedings of the Institution of …, 2002 - journals.sagepub.com
The use of waste cooking oil (WCO) as an alternative to diesel in engines has advantages
from both economic and environmental standpoints. Typical of vegetable oils, WCO has a …

Improving the usability of vegetable oils as a fuel in a low heat rejection diesel engine

B İşcan, H Aydın - Fuel processing technology, 2012 - Elsevier
Usability of a waste vegetable oil in coated diesel engines was experimentally investigated.
Waste corn oil was blended with petroleum diesel fuel by ratios of 15% corn oil to% 85 …

Effect of fuel injection timing with waste cooking oil as a fuel in a direct injection diesel engine

S Bari, CW Yu, TH Lim - Proceedings of the Institution of …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
For a diesel engine, injection timing is a major parameter that sensitively a ects the engine
performance, emission and durability. The physical and chemical properties of vegetable …