Spray and combustion characteristics of biodiesel/diesel blended fuel in a direct injection common-rail diesel engine

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Sub, Hyun Kyu ^a   Roh, Hyun Gu ^a   Lee, Chang Sik ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Combustion characteristics; Exhaust emissions; Injection rate characteristics; Phase Doppler particle analyzer (PDPA); Rate of heat release (ROHR); Sauter mean diameter (SMD); Spray characteristics

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BIODIESEL; BLENDING; COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES; FLUID MECHANICS; FUELS; MACHINE DESIGN; PESTICIDES; RAILS; SMOKE; SPRAYING; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; SYNTHETIC FUELS; THERMOCHEMISTRY; TIME MEASUREMENT;

COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; EXHAUST EMISSIONS; INJECTION RATE CHARACTERISTICS; PHASE DOPPLER PARTICLE ANALYZER (PDPA); RATE OF HEAT RELEASE (ROHR); SAUTER MEAN DIAMETER (SMD); SPRAY CHARACTERISTICS;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

EID: 53449093104     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2835354     Document Type: Article

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