Used sunflower oil as an alternative fuel for diesel engines

Energy Sources

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 559-566

  Baris Cigizoglu K ^a   Özaktas, Turgut ^a   Karaosmanoǧlu, Filiz ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biofuel for diesel engines; Fuel blend; Smoke emissions; Sunflower oil; Used sunflower oil; Vegetable oil fuels

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SMOKE; SYNTHETIC FUELS;

FUEL BLENDS; SUNFLOWER OIL;

VEGETABLE OILS;

EID: 0031189482     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908319708908872     Document Type: Article

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