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The abundant palm oil resources have stimulated the rapid development of the potential biofuel industry in Malaysia. It has diversified and creates new market demand, thus setting up the commodity prices. There are many advantages of using palm oil as a biofuel, particularly as a combustion product that produces less carbon dioxide. This study focuses on the combustion characteristics of palm oil diesel blends at various blends ratios (20%, 40%, and 60% identified as P20, P40, and P60, respectively) in a small diesel engine. Experiments are conducted at various fuel injection pressures. The injection pressures were tested at 180 and 220 bar. The engine performance characteristics such as the brake power, thermal efficiency, and brake-specific fuel consumption were studied. The experiments conclude that although the engine performance is degrading, it can be counter-measured using higher fuel injection pressure. The performance of engine that fueled by palm oil diesel blends improved by using a 220 bar of injection pressures.
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Azizan, M.H.B., Soid, S.N.M., Hamid, M.N.A., Omar, M.S., Razak, T.A.b. (2023). Effect of Fuel Injection Pressure to Engine Performance Characteristics of Palm Oil Diesel Blends in a Small Diesel Engine. In: Abu Bakar, M.H., Razak, T.A.b.A., Öchsner, A. (eds) Progress in Engineering Technology V. Advanced Structured Materials, vol 183. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29348-1_7
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