Fuel properties and emissions of soybean oil esters as diesel fuel

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1549-1555

  Chang, David Y Z ^a   Van Gerpen, Jon H ^a   Lee, Inmok ^a,b   Johnson, Lawrence A ^b   Hammond, Earl G ^b   Marley, Stephen J ^b  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Diesel engine; Engine emissions; Engine performance; Fuel properties; Isopropyl ester; Methyl soyate; Particulate emissions; Winterization

Indexed keywords

ANTIKNOCK RATING; BLENDING; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; HYDROCARBONS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; VEGETABLE OILS;

BIODIESEL; ENGINE EMISSIONS; ISOPROPYL ESTERS; METHYL ESTERS; METHYL SOYATE; WINTERIZATION;

ESTERS;

EID: 0030288980     PISSN: 0003021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02523523     Document Type: Article

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