Click on “Download PDF” for the PDF version or on the title for the HTML version. If you are not an ASABE member or if your employer has not arranged for access to the full-text, Click here for options. PROCESSING, CHARACTERIZATION, AND PERFORMANCE OF EIGHT FUELS FROM LIPIDSPublished by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Michigan www.asabe.org Citation: Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 13(1): 71-79. (doi: 10.13031/2013.21578) @1997Authors: C. L. Peterson, D. L. Reece, B. L. Hammond, J. Thompson, S. M. Beck Keywords: Fuels, Vegetable oils, Transesterification
Test quantities of ethyl and methyl esters of four renewable fuels were processed, characterized and
performance tested. Canola, rapeseed, soybean oils, and beef tallow were the feedstocks for the methyl and ethyl esters. A
complete set of fuel properties and a comparison of each fuel in engine performance tests are reported. The study
examines short term engine tests with both methyl and ethyl ester fuels compared to number 2 diesel fuel (D2). Three
engine performance tests were conducted including an engine mapping procedure, an injector coking screening test, and
an engine power study.
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