Biodiesel blend detection with a fuel composition sensor

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-131

  Tat, Mustafa Ertunc ^a   Van Gerpen, Jon H ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Blend detection; Dielectric constant; Diesel fuel; Esters; Fuel composition sensor

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; DIESEL FUELS; ESTERS; FREQUENCIES; PERMITTIVITY;

BIODIESEL;

AGRICULTURE;

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; GLYCINE MAX; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 0038379150     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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