Reducing NOx emissions from a biodiesel-fueled engine by use of low-temperature combustion

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 8865-8870

  Fang, Tiegang ^a   Lin, Yuan Chung ^b   Tien, Mun Foong ^c   Lee, Chia Fon ^c  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINES; IGNITION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; SMOKE; SULFUR; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

BIODIESEL BLENDS; DEAD CENTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESSES; EUROPEANS; HEAT RELEASE CURVES; HEAT RELEASES; INDICATED MEAN EFFECTIVE PRESSURES; INJECTION STRATEGIES; INJECTION TIMINGS; LOW LOADS; LOW-SULFUR DIESELS; MAIN FACTORS; MAXIMUM HEAT RELEASE RATES; PEAK HEAT RELEASE RATES; PETROLEUM DIESELS; TEMPERATURE COMBUSTIONS;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

BIODIESEL; BIOFUEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFUR;

BIOFUEL; COMBUSTION; EMISSION CONTROL; LOW TEMPERATURE; NITROGEN OXIDES;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINE; EUROPE; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION CONTROL; BIOENERGY; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; LIGHT; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRESSURE; SOYBEAN; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; EUROPE; HOT TEMPERATURE; LIGHT; MOTOR VEHICLES; NITROGEN OXIDES; PRESSURE; SOYBEANS; SULFUR; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57649101964     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8001635     Document Type: Article

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