Efficient reduction of gasoline volatility through ultrasonic atomization

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2231-2234

  Matsuura, Kazuo ^a   Nii, Susumu ^b   Fukazu, Tetsuo ^a   Tsuchiya, Katsumi ^c  

^a Ultrasound Brewery Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIZATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

LIGHT HYDROCARBONS; ULTRASONIC ATOMIZATION;

GASOLINE;

ATOMIZATION; GASOLINE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

EID: 34247141470     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0611305     Document Type: Article

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