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On the Increase in the Renewable Fraction in Diesel Blends using Aviation Fuel in a Common Rail Engine

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  • Ornella Chiavola

    (Industrial, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering Department, Roma Tre University, 00154 Roma, Italy)

  • Fulvio Palmieri

    (Industrial, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering Department, Roma Tre University, 00154 Roma, Italy)

  • Domenico Mario Cavallo

    (Industrial, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering Department, Roma Tre University, 00154 Roma, Italy)

Abstract

Biodiesel has gained wide acceptance as an alternative to petroleum-derived fuel due to its environmentally friendly characteristics such as low aromatic and sulfur content, biodegradability and low exhaust gas emission. Although many types of feedstock could be used to produce biodiesel, waste cooking or frying oil (WCO) is a promising multiple-advantage solution. However, the use of WCO biodiesel has some drawbacks: the high viscosity and the low volatility create difficulties in atomization and in fuel–air mixing. Experiments were performed to investigate the potential employment of aviation fuels in blends with biodiesel obtained from WCO, renewable diesel and petrol diesel. The objective of the research was to evaluate Jet A’s potential to improve the blend properties, thus helping to overcome the difficulties in biodiesel usage, enabling the percentage of renewable fuel in the blend to be increased and therefore allowing a reduction in the engine’s environmental impact. The experimental activity was carried out on a small-displacement, common rail diesel engine; during the tests, the engine control unit settings were unchanged, with the aim of reproducing the engine behavior when it operated with different fuels.

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  • Ornella Chiavola & Fulvio Palmieri & Domenico Mario Cavallo, 2023. "On the Increase in the Renewable Fraction in Diesel Blends using Aviation Fuel in a Common Rail Engine," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(12), pages 1-16, June.
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