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Lubrication and Viscosity of the Bioethanolbiodiesel- Bioethanol Blends
EAEC-07/PT01-3

Authors

Mate Zoldy - University of Technology and Economics
Istvan Emid - University of Technology and Economics
Zsolt Olah - Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Abstract

Keywords: biofuels, lucubration, viscosity

The Department of Automobiles at the Technical University of Budapest has been searching the possibilities of using alternative fuels for a long time. The target vehicle of this investigation, a flexible fueled vehicle (FFV) has a single fuel tank, fuel system, and engine. The vehicle is designed to run on diesel oil and a mixture of bioalcohol, biodiesel and diesel oil, containing up 20% of biofuel. The engine and fuel system in a flex-fuel vehicle must be slightly adapted to run on bioethanol-biodiesel-diesel oil blends, as the biofuels are more corrosive. The vehicle running with the investigated blends offers its owner an environmentally beneficial option whenever the alternative fuel is available.

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