Performance and emissions of diesel engine fuelled with preheated biodiesel fuel derived from crude palm, jatropha, and waste cooking oils

• Main Authors: Khalid, Amir, Manshoor, Bukhari, Mohmad Jaat, M. Norrizam, Tajuddin, A. S. A., Syahrunniza, Hadi, Nursal, Ridwan Saputra, Zaman, I.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: UMP Publisher 2017
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TP315-360 Fuel
• Online Access: http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4816/1/AJ%202017%20%28659%29.pdf; http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4816/; https://doi.org/10.15282/ijame.14.2.2017.12.0341

Biodiesel is typically made by chemically reacting lipids of palm, vegetable, and waste cooking oils and animal fat with an alcohol producing fatty acid esters. Biodiesel is not efficient in cold weather and this is biodiesel’s major problem. Viscosity has influences on the fuel flow rate and leads...