In-cylinder pressure characteristics of a CI engine using blends of diesel fuel and methyl esters of beef tallow

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 799-804

  Ali, Y ^a,b   Hanna, M A ^a,b   Borg, J E ^b  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Cummins engine; Ethanol; Indicated mean effective pressure; Methyl soyate; Methyl tallowate; Peak pressure; Rate of pressure change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029822372     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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