1. Biodiesel produced from crambe oil in Brazil--A study of performance and emissions in a diesel cycle engine generator.
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Rosa, Helton Aparecido, Wazilewski, Willian Tenfen, Secco, Deonir, Chaves, Luiz Inácio, Veloso, Gustavo, de Souza, Samuel Nelson Melegari, da Silva, Marcelo José, and Santos, Reginaldo Ferreira
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BIODIESEL fuels , *GREENHOUSE gas mitigation , *DIESEL cycle , *ENERGY consumption - Abstract
The ceaseless search for renewable sources of energy puts biodiesel as a great alternative to replace oil-based fuels. This work aimed to assess the specific consumption of fuel, thermal efficiency and emission of exhaust gases when crambe biodiesel and diesel oil are used in a diesel-cycle internal combustion engine-generator, with different levels of resistive loads. A diesel-cycle engine generator was used, with 7.36kW (10cv) of power and 5.5kVA/5.0kW of nominal power, with monophasic output tension of 120/240V. The used fuels were crambe biodiesel (B100) and diesel oil (B0). Nominal resistive loads applied ranged between 1.0kW and 5.0kW. In order to quantify the emission of gases, fuel quality and emission analyzer were used. Crambe biodiesel׳s data for specific consumption and efficiency of energetic conversion proved to be statistically equal to those of diesel. With the usage of crambe biodiesel there was a significant reduction in the analyzed exhausted gases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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