Economic viability and performance of an agricultural tractor using sunflower oil and diesel
Journal Title: Revista Verde de Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Sustentável - Year 2017, Vol 12, Issue 3
Abstract
In studies concerning the use, as an fuel for agricultural tractors, of the mixture of diesel with vegetable oil, it must be verified the economic viability regarding its use as renewable fuels and the performance of agricultural machinery in the field. Therefore, it was evaluated the economic viability and performance of an agricultural tractor, fueled with diesel fuel and the diesel mixture with sunflower oil. The assay was conducted at the Universidade Estadual de Maringá Experimental Farm, in Maringá Paraná, Brazil. It was used an MF 275 agricultural tractor, coupled to a horizontal straw chopper. It was used B S10 diesel (100%) and a mixture of diesel (80%) with sunflower oil (20%). The mechanized set was subjected to three travel speeds (3.00; 4.00; 5.00 km h-1 ) into two workload conditions, with load (CC) and without load (SC). It was used the experimental design in strips, with four replications, in a factorial scheme 2 x 3 x 2. The data was submitted to the tests (variance analyses) F and Tukey at the level of 5% of probability. The engine consumption did not differ between the tested fuels. The tractor with load presented a higher wheel slip. The tractor fueled with the diesel mixture with sunflower oil had a higher cost per hour.
Authors and Affiliations
Anderson Wasilewsk, Raimundo Pinheiro Neto, Reny Adilmar Prestes Lopes, Gisiane July Ströher, Fabrício Leite
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