Stability of diesel-bioethanol blends for use in diesel engines

Fuel

Volumn 86, Issue 10-11, 2007, Pages 1351-1357

  Lapuerta, Magín ^a   Armas, Octavio ^a   García Contreras, Reyes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Diesel engines; Ethanol

Indexed keywords

DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; ETHANOL; OXYGEN; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PHASE SEPARATION;

BIOETHANOL; COSOLVENT ADDITIVES; E-DIESEL BLENDS; ETHANOLISIS;

BIOFUELS;

EID: 34147159579     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2006.11.042     Document Type: Article

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