Performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine using isobutanol-diesel fuel blends

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1554-1559

  Karabektas, Murat ^a   Hosoz, Murat ^b  

^a SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Blend; Diesel engine; Exhaust emissions; Isobutanol; Performance

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIESEL FUELS; ENGINES; FUELS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MACHINE DESIGN;

ALCOHOL; BLEND; DIESEL ENGINE; EXHAUST EMISSIONS; ISOBUTANOL; PERFORMANCE;

DIESEL ENGINES;

ALCOHOL; ALTERNATIVE FUEL; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIESEL ENGINE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXHAUST EMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NITROGEN OXIDES; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 59049103299     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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