Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/4939
Title: Use of tobacco seed oil methyl ester in a turbocharged indirect injection diesel engine
Authors: Usta, Nazım
Keywords: Diesel engine
Emission
Methyl ester
Performance
Tobacco seed oil
Compression ignition engines
Methyl esters
Tobacco leaves
Tobacco seed oils
Addition reactions
Crops
Diesel engines
Esterification
Esters
Fuels
Gas emissions
Ignition
Turbomachinery
Vegetable oils
Seed
diesel engine
Diesel Engines
Tobacco
Turbogenerators
Vegetable Oil
Nicotiana tabacum
Abstract: Vegetable oils and their methyl/ethyl esters are alternative renewable fuels for compression ignition engines. Different kinds of vegetable oils and their methyl/ethyl esters have been tested in diesel engines. However, tobacco seed oil and tobacco seed oil methyl ester have not been tested in diesel engines, yet. Tobacco seed oil is a non-edible vegetable oil and a by-product of tobacco leaves production. To the author's best knowledge, this is the first study on tobacco seed oil methyl ester as a fuel in diesel engines. In this study, potential tobacco seed production throughout the world, the oil extraction process from tobacco seed and the transesterification process for biodiesel production were examined. The produced tobacco seed oil methyl ester was characterized by exposing its major properties. The effects of tobacco seed oil methyl ester addition to diesel No. 2 on the performance and emissions of a four cycle, four cylinder turbocharged indirect injection (IDI) diesel engine were examined at both full and partial loads. Experimental results showed that tobacco seed oil methyl ester can be partially substituted for the diesel fuel at most operating conditions in terms of performance parameters and emissions without any engine modification and preheating of the blends. © 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/4939
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2004.06.004
ISSN: 0961-9534
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