Comparative performance of direct injection diesel engine operating on ethanol, petrol and rapeseed oil blends

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 792-801

  Labeckas, Gvidonas ^a   Slavinskas, Stasys ^a  

^a VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Brake thermal efficiency; Diesel engine; Ethanol; Performance; Petrol; Rapeseed oil

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; BIOFUELS; BRAKES; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINES; ETHANOL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GASOLINE; HYDRODYNAMICS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; STEEL METALLURGY; THERMAL EFFECTS; VEGETABLE OILS; VISCOSITY;

BRAKE THERMAL EFFICIENCY; DIESEL ENGINE; PERFORMANCE; PETROL; RAPESEED OIL;

DIESEL ENGINES;

EID: 58649097721     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2008.09.029     Document Type: Article

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