Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify from experimental researches the results regarding the effective power, torque and brake specific consumption (bsfc) of a four stroke, four cylinder, direct injection medium power diesel engine at partial loads operating on diesel fuel (DF), rapeseed metyl ester (RME), degummed and filtered (5 μm) pure rapeseed oil (RO100) and its blends with diesel fuel: 20 % pure rapeseed oil-80 % diesel fuel (RO20), 50 % pure rapeseed oil-50 % diesel fuel (RO50), 75 % pure rapeseed oil-25 % diesel fuel (RO75) compared to diesel fuel.
Keywords: Diesel Engine, Rapeseed Oil, Rapeseed Methyl Ester, Fuel Consumption, Engine Torque