UTILIZATION OF RAW SUNFLOWER OIL BLEND IN A TRACTOR WITH A MODIFIED FUEL SYSTEM

G. Baraldi Dept of Agricultural Economics and Engineering. University of Bologna
M. Caliceti Dept of Agricultural Economics and Engineering. University of Bologna
G. Capelli Dept of Agricultural Economics and Engineering. University of Bologna

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15835/arspa.v75i3-4.5683

Abstract

Analysis of the oil chemical and physical characteristics have been carried out before starting the scheduled trials. The project goal is to verify the economical and technical feasibility of raw vegetable oils (obtained from cold pressing of sunflower seeds in small scale plants) as a replacement for diesel fuel in electricity generators. greenhouse heaters and in tractors specially modified for fuelling with raw oil such as in this case. The laboratory tests have not highlighted anomalies of engine performances at power take off. Concerning field trials no problems were noticed in the normal tractor operation during more than 1070 working hours.

Published

2011-03-28

Issue

Vol. 75 No. 3-4 (2010): AGRICULTURA

Section

Research articles

The papers published in the journal are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.

Open Access Journal: The journal allow the author(s) to retain publishing rights without restrictions. Authors are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).