Performance of rapeseed oil blends in a diesel engine

Applied Energy

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 345-354

  Nwafor, O M I ^a   Rice, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIZATION; BLENDING; COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINES; FRICTION; GAS EMISSIONS; LUBRICATING OILS; VEGETABLE OILS; VISCOSITY;

CRANKCASE OIL ANALYSES; FUEL ATOMIZATION; FUEL BLENDS; GUM FORMATION; INJECTOR COKING; NONVOLATILITY; RAPESEED OIL BLENDS; SHORT TERM ENGINE TESTS; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; VEGETABLE OIL FUELS;

SYNTHETIC FUELS;

EID: 0030214625     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-2619(96)00004-9     Document Type: Article

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