100,000 Miles of Fueling 5.9L Cummins Engines with 100% Biodiesel 962233
Two Cummins B5.9L engines were fueled with 100% biodiesel in excess of 48 months by the Agricultural Engineering Department at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The engines used to power Dodge pickups. The engine lubricating oil was sampled at 1000 mile intervals for analysis. Statistical analysis of the engine lubricating oil indicated that the wear metal levels in the lubricating oil were normal. A reduction in power was noted when the engines were tested using a chassis dynamometer. The 1991 pickup has been driven 110,451 km and the 1992 pickup has been driven approximately 177,022 km. The pickups averaged 6.9 km/L. Engine fuel efficiency and material compatibility issues are addressed in the paper.
Citation: Schumacher, L., Borgelt, S., Hires, W., Wetherell, W. et al., "100,000 Miles of Fueling 5.9L Cummins Engines with 100% Biodiesel," SAE Technical Paper 962233, 1996, https://doi.org/10.4271/962233. Download Citation
Author(s):
Leon Schumacher, Steven C. Borgelt, William G. Hires, Will Wetherell, Aaron Nevils
Affiliated:
University of Missouri
Pages: 10
Event:
1996 SAE International Truck and Bus Meeting and Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Issues in Commercial Vehicle Powertrain Design and Development-SP-1203, SAE 1996 Transactions - Journal of Fuels and Lubricants-V105-4
Related Topics:
Lubricating oils
Statistical analysis
Biodiesel
Wear
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