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Revista de Chimie (Rev. Chim.), Year 2017, Volume 68, Issue 11, 2676-2681

https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.17.11.5952

Mihaela Gabriela Dumitru, Dragos Tutunea

Extraction and Determination of Physico-chemical Properties of Oil from Watermelon Seeds (Citrullus lanatus L) to Use in Internal Combustion Engines

Abstract:

The purpose of this work was to investigate the physicochemical properties of watermelon seeds and oil and to find out if this oil is suitable and compatible with diesel engines. The results showed that the watermelon seeds had the maximum length (9.08 mm), width (5.71mm), thickness (2.0 mm), arithmetic mean diameter (5.59 mm), geometrical mean diameter (4.69 mm), sphericity (51.6%), surface area (69.07), volume 0.17 cm3 and moisture content 5.4%. The oil was liquid at room temperature, with a density and refractive index of 0.945 and 1.4731 respectively acidity value (1.9 mgNaOH/g), free fatty acid (0.95 mgNaOH), iodine value (120 mgI2/100g), saponification value (180 mgKOH/g), antiradical activity (46%), peroxide value (7.5 mEqO2/Kg), induction period (6.2 h), fatty acid: palmitic acid (13.1%), stearic acid (9.5 %), oleic acid (15.2 %) and linoleic acid (61.3%). Straight non food vegetable oils can offer a solution to fossil fuels by a cleaner burning with minimal adaptation of the engine. A single cylinder air cooled diesel engine Ruggerini RY 50 was used to measure emissions of various blends of watermelon oil (WO) and diesel fuel (WO10D90, WO20D80, WO30D70 and WO75D25). The physic-chemical properties of the oil influence the combustion process and emissions leading to the reduction of NOX and the increase in CO, CO2 and HC.
Keywords:
Emissions; watermelon seeds oil; non food oil

Issue: 2017, Volume 68, Issue 11
Pages: 2676-2681
Publication date: 2017/12/15
https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.17.11.5952
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Dumitru MG, Tutunea D. Extraction and Determination of Physico-chemical Properties of Oil from Watermelon Seeds (Citrullus lanatus L) to Use in Internal Combustion Engines. Rev. Chim.[internet]. 2017 Nov;68(11):2676-2681. Available from: https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.17.11.5952


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Dumitru, M.G., Tutunea, D. (2017). Extraction and Determination of Physico-chemical Properties of Oil from Watermelon Seeds (Citrullus lanatus L) to Use in Internal Combustion Engines. Revista de Chimie, 68(11), 2676-2681. https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.17.11.5952


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Dumitru, M.G., Tutunea, D. (2017). 'Extraction and Determination of Physico-chemical Properties of Oil from Watermelon Seeds (Citrullus lanatus L) to Use in Internal Combustion Engines', Revista de Chimie, 68(11), pp. 2676-2681. https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.17.11.5952


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M.G. Dumitru, D. Tutunea, "Extraction and Determination of Physico-chemical Properties of Oil from Watermelon Seeds (Citrullus lanatus L) to Use in Internal Combustion Engines". Revista de Chimie, vol. 68, no. 11, pp. 2676-2681, 2017. [online]. https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.17.11.5952


Text
Mihaela Gabriela Dumitru, Dragos Tutunea,
Extraction and Determination of Physico-chemical Properties of Oil from Watermelon Seeds (Citrullus lanatus L) to Use in Internal Combustion Engines,
Revista de Chimie,
Volume 68, Issue 11,
2017,
Pages 2676-2681,
ISSN 2668-8212,
https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.17.11.5952.
(https://revistadechimie.ro/Articles.asp?ID=5952)
Keywords: Emissions; watermelon seeds oil; non food oil


RIS
TY - JOUR
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A1 - Dumitru, Mihaela Gabriela
A2 - Tutunea, Dragos
JF - Revista de Chimie
JO - Rev. Chim.
PB - Revista de Chimie SRL
SN - 2668-8212
Y1 - 2017
VL - 68
IS - 11
SP - 2676
EP - 2681
UR - https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.17.11.5952
KW - Emissions
KW - watermelon seeds oil
KW - non food oil
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BibTex
@article{RevCh2017P2676,
author = {Dumitru Mihaela Gabriela and Tutunea Dragos},
title = {Extraction and Determination of Physico-chemical Properties of Oil from Watermelon Seeds (Citrullus lanatus L) to Use in Internal Combustion Engines},
journal = {Revista de Chimie},
volume = {68},
number = {11},
pages = {2676-2681},
year = {2017},
issn = {2668-8212},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.17.11.5952},
url = {https://revistadechimie.ro/Articles.asp?ID=5952}
}
 
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