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Marcos V.G. Nascimento
Bio: Marcos V.G. Nascimento is an academic researcher from Eletrobras. The author has contributed to research in topics: Diesel fuel & Diesel generator. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 306 citations.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the performance and emissions of a MWM 229 direct injection four-stroke 70kW diesel generator with 100% palm oil were compared to a 100% pure palm oil.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed the production and characterization of vegetable oil as well as the experimental work carried out in various countries in this field, and the scope and challenges being faced in this area of research are clearly described.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the performance, emission and combustion of a diesel engine using neat rapeseed oil and its blends of 5, 20% and 70%, and standard diesel fuel separately were investigated.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of reducing Jatropha oil's viscosity by increasing the fuel temperature (using waste heat of the exhaust gases) and thereby eliminating its effect on combustion and emission characteristics of the engine was investigated.
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TL;DR: In this article, an experimental investigation has been carried out to analyze the performance and emission characteristics of a compression ignition engine fuelled with Karanja oil and its blends (10, 20, 50% and 75%) vis-a-vis mineral diesel.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed the production, performance and emission of palm oil, Jatropha curcas and Calophyllum inophyllus biodiesel, and concluded that the main advantages of using biodiesel are its renewability and better quality of exhaust gas emissions.
Abstract: The world today is faced with serious global warming and environmental pollution. Besides, fossil fuel will become rare and faces serious shortage in the near future. This has triggered the awareness to find alternative energy as their sustainable energy sources. Biodiesel as a cleaner renewable fuel has been considered as the best substitution for diesel fuel due to it being used in any compression ignition engine without any modification. The main advantages of using biodiesel are its renewability and better quality of exhaust gas emissions. This paper reviews the production, performance and emission of palm oil, Jatropha curcas and Calophyllum inophyllum biodiesel. Palm oil is one of the most efficient oil bearing crops in terms of oil yield, land utilization, efficiency and productivity. However, competition between edible oil sources as food with fuel makes edible oil not an ideal feedstock for biodiesel production. Therefore, attention is shifted to non-edible oil like Jatropha curcas and Calophyllum inophyllum. Calophyllum inophyllum oil can be transesterified and being considered as a potential biodiesel fuel. Compared to Palm oil and Jatropha biodiesel industry, biodiesel from Calophyllum inophyllum is still in a nascent state. Therefore, long term endurance research and tribological studies need to be carried out before Calophyllum inophyllum oil base biodiesel can become an alternative fuel in future.
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