Hadavi, S, Dizayi, B, Li, H et al. (1 more author) (2015) Emissions from a HGV Using Used Cooking Oil as a Fuel under Real World Driving Conditions. In: SAE Technical Paper Series. SAE World Congress, 21-23 Apr 2015, Detroit, USA. Society of Automotive Engineers
Abstract
To maximize CO2 reduction, refined straight used cooking oils were used as a fuel in Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) in this research. The fuel is called C2G Ultra Biofuel (C2G: Convert to Green Ltd) and is a fully renewable fuel made as a diesel replacement from processed used cooking oil, used directly in diesel engines specifically modified for this purpose. This is part of a large demonstration project involving ten 44-tonne trucks using C2G Ultra Biofuel as a fuel to partially replace standard diesel fuels. A dual fuel tank containing both diesel and C2G Ultra Biofuel and an on-board fuel blending system-Bioltec system was installed on each vehicle, which is able to heat the C2G Ultra Biofuel and automatically determine the required blending ratio of diesel and C2G Ultra Biofuel according to fuel temperature and engine load. The engine was started with diesel and then switched to C2G Ultra Biofuel under appropriate conditions. Exhaust emissions were measured using PEMS (Portable Emission Measurement Systems) on one of the trucks under real world driving conditions. Comparisons of emissions between neat diesel mode and blended fuel mode were made. The results show that C2G Ultra Biofuel can reduce particulate matter (PM) and CO emissions significantly compared to the use of pure diesel.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2015, Society of Automotive Engineers. This is an author produced version of a paper published in SAE Technical Paper Series. |
Keywords: | Emission, UCO, Rea world driving |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Chemical & Process Engineering (Leeds) > Energy Research Institute (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number TSB Low Carbon Truck Demonstration Trial |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 06 Oct 2015 09:18 |
Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2018 18:40 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.4271/2015-01-0905 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Society of Automotive Engineers |
Identification Number: | 10.4271/2015-01-0905 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:84628 |