Uso do motor a duplo combustível metano e diesel em trator.

Abstract

The work was developed in Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos - USP, to evaluate the performance of a dual-fuel, methane and diesel, engine of an agricultural tractor, using methane gas ( biogas purified with 96% of CH4). The 3 cylinders engine, with 2,827 liters was evaluated through dinamometric essays, with dual-fuel feeding system developed by Silva (1995), with methane gas stored under low pressure. The results allow to conclude that the engine fed with dual-fuel methane e diesel, operated under stable conditions full and partial loads, and maintained high levels of power. There was also an economy of 75% in diesel use.