Road vehicle simulation model for energy and environmental impact of petrodiesel and biodiesel

Clean Air

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 339-357

  Bravo, J T ^a   Silva, C M ^a   Farias, T L ^a  

^a Instituto Superior Tecnico Institute for Mechanical Engineering   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Emissions; Fuel consumption; Fuel life cycle; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ALTERNATIVE FUELS; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIODIESEL; CORRELATION METHODS; DIESEL ENGINES; ENGINES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ERRORS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; FUELS; GAS DYNAMICS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); IGNITION; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); METRIC SYSTEM; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; PERMANENT MAGNETS; POWDER METALLURGY; ROADS AND STREETS; SPECIFICATIONS; SPEED; STEEL METALLURGY; VEHICLES;

AVERAGE ERRORS; CITROEN; COLD-START; COMPRESSION IGNITION; CONSUMPTION CALCULATION; DRIVING CONDITIONS; EMISSIONS; ENGINE EMISSIONS; ENGINE FUELS; ENGINE SPEEDS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FUEL LIFE CYCLE; INDICATED EFFICIENCY; LIGHT-DUTY VEHICLE; LOWER HEATING VALUE; MASS BALANCING; MAXIMUM POWER; MAXIMUM TORQUE; MERCEDES; NEW EUROPEAN DRIVING CYCLE; PETRODIESEL; ROAD VEHICLES; SIMULATION; SIMULATION MODELLING; VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS;

AUTOMOBILE ENGINES;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BIOFUEL; COMBUSTION; DIESEL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; ROAD TRANSPORT;

EID: 52949127614     PISSN: 15614417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/InterJEnerCleanEnv.v8.i4.40     Document Type: Article

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