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Evaluation of the fuel quality values of bay laurel (Laurus nobilis L.) oil as a biodiesel feedstock

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Pages 95-100 | Received 17 Aug 2016, Accepted 01 Oct 2016, Published online: 30 Nov 2016
 

ABSTRACT

Doubts about energy resources are forcing scientists to seek new energy sources. Environmental concerns force scientists to evaluate less damaging alternative fuels such as biodiesel. The aim of this study is to evaluate the availability of bay laurel oil (BLO) in diesel engines as alternative fuel. In this work, the fuel quality of pure bay laurel oil is tested. The measured fuel quality values were density, cetane number, viscosity, pour point and flash point. According to the results, BLO has a low cetane number, high density and viscosity values, and also a high free fatty acid (FFA) value.

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Academic Research Projects Unit of Cukurova University, Research Grant Number TBMYO2010BAP2.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Çukurova Üniversitesi [grant number TBMYO2010BAP2].

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