Study of the performance and emissions of a high-speed direct injection diesel engine operating on ethanol–diesel fuel blends

International Journal of Alternative Propulsion

Volumn 1, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 309-324

  Rakopoulos, C D ^a   Antonopoulos, K A ^a   Rakopoulos, D C ^a   Hountalas, D T ^a   Andritsakis, E C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

diesel engine; emissions; ethanol diesel blends; performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547509924     PISSN: 14710234     EISSN: 17418011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijap.2007.013020     Document Type: Article

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