Evaluation of watermelon seed biodiesel as an alternative fuel in diesel engines

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dc.authoridABDULVAHITOGLU, ASLI/0000-0002-3603-6748
dc.authoridTuccar, Gokhan/0000-0003-3041-299X
dc.contributor.authorAbdulvahitoglu, Asli
dc.contributor.authorTuccar, Gokhan
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-06T17:44:49Z
dc.date.available2025-01-06T17:44:49Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThe exiguity of oil forces scientists to investigate new energy resources and biodiesel became one of the most popular alternative fuel since it can be obtained from renewable sources. The aim of this study is to evaluate availability of watermelon seed oil biodiesel (WMB) in diesel engines as alternative fuel. In this work, some physical fuel properties of obtained WMB and its blend with diesel fuel from %20 to %80 by volume (WMB20) were tested. The measured fuel property values were density, cetane number, viscosity, pour point and flash point. In addition, test fuels were utilized in a diesel engine in order to evaluate effect of WMB usage on engine performance parameters and exhaust emissions such as nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide. According to engine performance experiments results; although both torque and brake power values of the test engine were slightly decreased, emission values were improved with WMB utilization. Therefore, the ester of water melon seed oil is advised to be a suitable alternative fuel additive to diesel fuel with its environmental friendly combustion profile.
dc.identifier.doi10.17341/gazimmfd.300610
dc.identifier.endpage194
dc.identifier.issn1300-1884
dc.identifier.issn1304-4915
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85016570870
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage189
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.17341/gazimmfd.300610
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14669/3192
dc.identifier.volume32
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000402575200018
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isotr
dc.publisherGazi Univ, Fac Engineering Architecture
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of The Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of Gazi University
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241211
dc.subjectWatermelon seed oil
dc.subjectbiodiesel
dc.subjecttransesterification
dc.subjectfuel properties
dc.subjectengine performance
dc.titleEvaluation of watermelon seed biodiesel as an alternative fuel in diesel engines
dc.title.alternativeDizel motorlarda alternatif yakit olarak karpuz çekirde?i biyodizelinin de?erlendirilmesi
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