Literature / reports concerning plant / biodiesel oil as fuel
| Report of the European Advanced Combustion Research for Energy from Vegetable Oils (ACREVO) study of the use of straight vegetable oil as diesel fuel. | Investigates
the burning characteristics of vegetable oil droplets from experiments
conducted under high pressure and high temperature conditions. Very
interesting study, worth a thorough read (4,400 words). http://www.nf-2000.org/secure/Fair/F484.htm |
| Ed Beggs Master's degree thesis | Renewable Oil Fuels
and Diesel Engines As Components of Sustainable System Design" by Ed Beggs of Neoteric Biofuels -- "Are renewable oils, as fuels in unmodified compression ignition engines, a technically and economically feasible component of sustainable system design, in both developing and developed countries?" -- 196-page Master's degree thesis, 1Mb Acrobat file: http://members.shaw.ca/biofuels/ebeggsthesis.pdf Ed Beggs has his "Renewable Oil
Fuels..." thesis available on his site |
| "Technical
Overview of Vegetable Oil as a Transportation Fuel", 1991, Charles L.
Peterson and Dick L. Auld, Department of Agricultural Engineering,
University of Idaho -- see section concerning Fuls, South Africa, indirect
injection engines: Fuls. J., Hawkins, C.S. and Hugo, F.J.C., 1984,
"Tractor Engine Performance on Sunflower Oil Fuel," Journal of
Agricultural Engineering Research 30:29-35. (Acrobat file, 948kb) Abstract
and download: http://www.biodiesel.org/cgi-local/search.cgi?action=view_report&id=GEN-292 |
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| "Waste
Vegetable Oil as a Diesel Replacement Fuel" -- Informative 6,500
article by Phillip Calais, Environmental Science, Murdoch University,
Perth, Australia, pcalais@ieee.org, and AR (Tony) Clark, Western
Australian Renewable Fuels Association Inc, ar.clark@bigpond.com: http://www.shortcircuit.com.au/warfa/paper/paper.htm "Waste Vegetable Oil Conversion of Mazda 1990 2.0L diesel station wagon", by Tony Clark: http://www.shortcircuit.com.au/warfa/WVOMazdaDiesel.htm Pictures of the Mazda conversion: http://www.shortcircuit.com.au/warfa/warfaPictures.htm |
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| "Biodiesel: The
Use of Vegetable Oils and Their Derivatives as Alternative Diesel
Fuels", G. Knothe, R.O. Dunn, and M.O. Bagby, in Fuels and Chemicals
from Biomass. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society. http://www.oup-usa.org/j778/isbn/0841235082.html Download full-text article (MS Word, 337Kb): http://www.biodiesel.org/reports/GEN-162.doc |
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| "Operation of a
Diesel Engine Using Unrefined Rapeseed Oil as Fuel", Chiyuki Togashi,
Department of Agricultural Engineering, Miyagi Agricultural College, and
Jun-ichi Kamide, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Japan.
Report of tests with unrefined rapeseed oil in a small diesel engine on
short-term performance, long-term operation and no-load continuous
operation using deacidified oil, degummed oil and crude oil. http://ss.jircas.affrc.go.jp/engpage/jarq/33-2/Togashi/togashi.html |
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| "Results of
engine and vehicle testing of semi-refined rapeseed oil", Kevin P.
McDonnell, Shane M. Ward & Paul B. McNulty, University College Dublin,
Dept of Agricultural & Food Engineering, Dublin, Ireland. http://www.regional.org.au/au/gcirc/6/214.htm |
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| General information:
"Vegetable oil instead of diesel -- an alternative fuel?" http://people.freenet.de/sthl/poel/vegoil.htm Using vegetable oil as a substitute for diesel fuel -- extensive FAQ http://people.freenet.de/sthl/poel/VegFAQ.htm |
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| Tractors with SVO in South Africa | It'd be good to track down the original South Africa study in full: Fuls. J., Hawkins, C.S. and Hugo, F.J.C., 1984, "Tractor Engine Performance on Sunflower Oil Fuel," Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research 30:29-35. |
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