INVESTIGATION OF WASTE TRANSFORMER OIL/BIODIESEL/DIESEL TRIPLE FUEL MIXTURE IN SEARCH OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL

In this study, triple fuel mixtures were formed by using biodiesel, which is a clean and sustainable fuel produced from waste frying oils (WFO), waste transformer oil (WTO), which is an important waste of electrical transformers and has similar properties to diesel fuel and commercially purchased diesel fuel. Detailed characterization of each component in the mixture was also made. The diesel fuel ratio was kept to a minimum (10% by volume) and the waste transformer oil ratio was mixed at rates ranging from 20% to 100% by volume while creating the triple mixtures. In this study, in which wastes are evaluated and alternative fuel is produced in this way, some important fuel properties of six different fuel mixtures prepared were compared with EN/ASTM standards. Optimum triple fuel mixtures complying with these standards have been determined.