Abstract
In recent years, the demands for energy have grown very quickly due to the rapid development of certain rowing economies, especially in Asia and the Middle East. Vegetable oil methyl ester is produced through the transesterification of vegetable oil and can be used as biodiesel in diesel engines as a renewable, nontoxic, and potentially environmentally friendly fossil fuel alternative in light of growing concerns regarding global warming and increasing oil prices. In the present study, biodiesel was produced from cotton and rapeseed oils through transesterification. The fuels obtained were used for preparing 2% biodiesel-98% diesel (B2) and 5% biodiesel and 95% diesel (B5) fuel mixtures. Afterwards, these fuel mixtures and 100% Eurodiesel fuel were used in a four-cycle, three-cylinder diesel engine with a pump injector fuel system and the changes in the performance characteristics were examined. The results obtained in the experiments were presented comparatively.
Keywords: Cotton biodiesel, rapeseed biodiesel, engine performance, engine emission