Abstract
Camelina is the oil plant, from which the oil subjected to the esterification process can be used as motor fuel to diesel engines or as a bio-component added to traditional fuels. This fuel can be considered as a renewable fuel that can be bio-component for petroleum fuels. The article describes the characteristics of this fuel, and presents selected results of engine tests of camelina oil methyl ester compared with diesel fuel and rapeseed oil methyl esters. The interesting results that would require in the future to increase the interest in this type of fuel were obtained.
Highlights
During last years a tendency can be observed to replace fossil resources with renewable ones
Friction torque courses which determine seizing load for camelina oil methyl esters (M’ryd02) and for the flax oil methyl ester (M’lni02) which are shown in Fig. 1 are close to ones obtained for the diesel fuel
– in case of CO emission, it was lowest for the camelina esters in NRTC test, for the remaining tests it was at a comparable level
Summary
During last years a tendency can be observed to replace fossil resources with renewable ones. One of the symptoms of this trend is replacing liquid fuels derived from crude oil with fuels obtained from plants and animals. One of the most important reasons of fuel replacement are reduced availability of crude oil and ecological aspects. Biofuels and biocomponents of engine fuels are biodegradable and without any harm can be introduced into existing ecosystems
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