Biodiesel production from waste melon seeds and using it as alternative fuel in direct injection diesel engine

dc.contributor.authorAktas, A.
dc.contributor.authorSekmen, Y.
dc.contributor.authorSekmen, P.
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-29T16:05:06Z
dc.date.available2024-09-29T16:05:06Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.departmentKarabük Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractMelon seeds containing similar to 30% oil are wasted after the fruit is consumed. The chemical and physical properties of melon seed oil are very similar to vegetable oils used as biodiesel fuel. There are no studies regarding the use of melon seed oil or its esters as fuel in literature. In this study, oil was extracted from waste melon seeds and transformed to melon seed oil methyl ester (MSOME) by transesterification process. This fuel is used in a four stroke single cylinder direct injection diesel engine, and its effects on performance and emissions were investigated for various engine speeds at full load. In addition, diesel fuel no. 2 and soy bean oil methyl ester (SOME) is used as fuel under the same operating conditions for comparison purposes. According to the experiment results, specific fuel consumption is found to be more in both biodiesel fuels compared to diesel fuel, and the engine torque is 1-6% lower with MSOME and 3-5% with SOME compared to diesel fuel. Exhaust gas temperature is lower with MSOME and SOME than with diesel fuel. Furthermore, it is found that CO and HC emissions and smoke density are generally lower in both biodiesel fuels. However, NOx emission is slightly higher for SOME and MSOME than that for diesel fuel.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipZonguldak Karaelmas University (ZKU) [2006-70-01-01]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was supported partially by Zonguldak Karaelmas University (ZKU) Scientific Research Foundation under project no. 2006-70-01-01. Fuel test was performed by the Petroleum Research Center of the Middle East Technical University and Energy Laboratory of Marmara Research Center (MAM) at Tubitak. The authors would like to thank ZKU Scientific Research Foundation, the Petroleum Research Center of Middle East Technical University and Marmara Research Center (MAM) at Tubitak. We are also very grateful to Cahit Yildirim, MSc in Chemical Engineering, who is the general director and founder of KOP Alternative Energy Systems Company Ltd, and chemical engineer Ilhan Cos, kun for their valuable support.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1179/014426010X12682307291263
dc.identifier.endpage74en_US
dc.identifier.issn1743-9671
dc.identifier.issn1746-0220
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-77953208096en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage69en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1179/014426010X12682307291263
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14619/6515
dc.identifier.volume83en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000278449700002en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier Sci Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of the Energy Instituteen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectMelon seed oilen_US
dc.subjectBiodieselen_US
dc.subjectDiesel engineen_US
dc.subjectEmissionsen_US
dc.titleBiodiesel production from waste melon seeds and using it as alternative fuel in direct injection diesel engineen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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