Ethanol-diesel fuel blends - A review

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 277-285

  Hansen, Alan C ^a   Zhang, Qin ^a   Lyne, Peter W L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Biofuel; Blend; Diesel engines; Ethanol

Indexed keywords

DIESEL ENGINES; DURABILITY; ETHANOL; FUEL ADDITIVES; FUEL ECONOMY; IGNITION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SAFETY FACTOR; VISCOSITY;

COMMERCIAL USE; COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES; FUEL BLENDS; VEHICLE SAFETY;

DIESEL FUELS;

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; DIESEL FUEL; GROUND WATER; OXYGEN; SOLVENT; SULFUR;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIODEGRADABILITY; CALIBRATION; COMBUSTION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CORROSION; DIESEL ENGINE; DISPERSION; EMULSION; ENERGY RESOURCE; EXHAUST GAS; FLAMMABILITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; LUBRICATION; MISCIBILITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; OXYGENATION; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TANK; THERMODYNAMICS; VAPOR PRESSURE; VISCOSITY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 5044222541     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2004.04.007     Document Type: Article

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