Straight vegetable oil as a replacement fuel for diesel: Comparing tractor performance in stationary and field tests

C. Julius; P. H. Heinemann; D. H. Schaufler; G. W. Roth; J. Liu; A. L. Boehman

doi:10.13031/trans.59.11701

Straight vegetable oil as a replacement fuel for diesel: Comparing tractor performance in stationary and field tests

C. Julius, P. H. Heinemann, D. H. Schaufler, G. W. Roth, J. Liu, A. L. Boehman

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Performance of canola-based straight vegetable oil (SVO) was compared to diesel using a New Holland T7060 tractor with an Elsbett fuel conversion system. Comparisons were made using a stationary tractor PTO dynamometer and by performing field operations. The dynamometer tests revealed that the power output of the T7060 was significantly higher (5%) for canola SVO when compared to diesel due to the Elsbett system, which increased the common rail fuel pressure. This increase resulted in significantly higher (4.07%) SVO fuel consumption for power production levels above 115 kW compared to diesel fuel. In the field, however, it was found that SVO fuel consumption was not significantly different from diesel for the two operations tested: planting soybeans and mowing alfalfa.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1137-1148
Number of pages	12
Journal	Transactions of the ASABE
Volume	59
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.13031/trans.59.11701
State	Published - 2016

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Forestry
Food Science
Biomedical Engineering
Agronomy and Crop Science
Soil Science

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