Table 2 Interaction effects between engine load percentage and fuel blends percentage on power take-off speed, power take-off power, power take-off torque, engine speed, brake power, brake specific fuel consumption, brake thermal efficiency, fuel consumption, brake mean effective pressure, O2 percentage, CO2 percentage, CO, NO, and SO2.

From: Evaluation of the performance and gas emissions of a tractor diesel engine using blended fuel diesel and biodiesel to determine the best loading stages

Engine load (%)

Biodiesel blends (%)

PTO speed (rpm)

PTO power (kW)

PTO torque (Nm)

Engine speed (rpm)

Brake power (kW)

Brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC)

Brake thermal efficiency (BTE)

Fuel cons (kg/h)

Brake means effective pressure (kPa)

O2 (%)

CO2 (%)

CO (ppm)

NO (ppm)

SO2 (ppm)

Treatments

0

0

699.2

7.2

98.5

2854.8

10.3

1.04

8.3

10.7

92.8

15.30

4.20

99.00

281.0

4.00

5

687.0

7.1

98.6

2805.0

10.1

1.01

8.5

10.3

92.9

15.20

4.18

91.00

274.0

3.00

20

672.0

6.9

98.7

2743.8

9.9

1.00

8.5

9.9

92.9

15.28

4.20

85.00

269.0

1.00

100

659.6

6.8

98.7

2692.9

9.7

1.00

8.5

9.8

93.0

15.30

4.20

69.00

266.0

0.00

25

0

646.0

27.2

401.9

2637.6

38.8

0.35

24.3

13.7

378.6

10.98

7.39

54.75

449.5

11.63

5

635.5

25.9

389.2

2594.5

36.9

0.40

21.5

14.7

366.6

10.98

7.34

54.13

450.3

10.13

20

619.3

23.8

367.7

2528.7

34.1

0.44

19.3

15.1

346.4

11.03

7.34

60.25

452.3

7.50

100

612.5

22.8

355.7

2500.9

32.6

0.49

17.5

15.9

335.1

11.01

7.41

81.00

451.0

0.00

50

0

523.4

32.3

590.7

2137.2

46.2

0.32

26.6

14.9

556.1

7.70

9.80

85.00

539.0

17.00

5

515.4

30.8

570.3

2104.4

43.9

0.37

2.9

16.4

537.3

7.90

9.70

85.00

545.0

15.00

20

501.2

28.3

540.2

2046.4

40.5

0.42

20.3

17.1

508.9

8.00

9.70

87.00

551.0

12.00

100

498.3

27.1

520.6

2034.4

38.8

0.47

18.2

18.2

490.2

8.20

9.50

88.00

560.0

0.00

75

0

332.0

23.1

663.9

1355.7

32.9

0.43

19.7

14.3

625.4

5.48

11.44

189.75

549.5

20.13

5

327.2

21.9

640.9

1335.7

31.4

0.49

17.4

15.4

603.8

5.98

11.25

183.63

558.3

17.63

20

317.2

20.4

613.3

1295.7

29.1

0.55

15.7

15.9

577.7

6.19

11.29

165.25

565.3

14.50

100

316.8

19.7

593.3

1293.6

28.1

0.59

14.4

16.7

558.9

6.86

10.46

90.00

593.0

0.00

100

0

70.7

4.6

622.8

288.7

6.6

1.81

4.7

11.9

588.0

4.30

12.30

369.00

481.0

21.00

5

70.1

4.4

602.3

286.2

6.3

1.85

4.6

11.7

567.4

5.20

12.00

350.00

490.0

18.00

20

68.2

4.2

590.4

278.5

6.0

1.92

4.5

11.5

556.2

5.60

12.10

295.00

495.0

15.00

100

67.8

4.1

573.9

276.9

5.8

1.95

4.4

11.3

540.9

7.00

10.30

87.00

550.0

0.00

LSD at 0.05

9.7

0.3

6.6

24.3

0.5

0.01

0.2

0.1

9.4

0.07

0.12

1.66

4.4

0.13