Critical technical areas for future improvement in biodiesel technologies

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Abdullah, A Z ^a   Razali, N ^a   Mootabadi, H ^a   Salamatinia, B ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Drawback; Fuel; Improvement; Technical challenges

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; FUELING; GASKETS;

BIODIESEL COMPONENTS; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; COLD FLOW PROPERTIES; DRAWBACK; FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS; IMPROVEMENT; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES;

FUEL STORAGE;

EID: 38749141012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/2/3/034001     Document Type: Article

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