Combustion efficiency impacts of biofuels

Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 602-609

  Demirbas, A ^a,b  

^a SILA SCIENCE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Combustion; Combustion efficiency; Fuel chemistry

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIODIESEL; BIOETHANOL; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; ETHANOL; EXHAUST GASES; HYDROCARBONS; LIQUIDS; OXYGEN; PYROLYSIS; SMOKE; SULFUR; THERMOCHEMISTRY; VEGETABLE OILS;

AROMATIC CONTENTS; BIO ETHANOLS; BIO FUELS; BIOMASS PYROLYSIS OIL; COMBUSTION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONTENTS; ENGINE FUELS; FUEL CHEMISTRY; FUEL COMBUSTIONS; OXYGEN CONTENTS; OXYGEN LEVELS; OXYGENATED FUELS; PETROLEUM FEEDSTOCKS; PETROLEUM FUELS; TRANSPORT SECTORS; VEGETABLE OIL;

FUELS;

EID: 61549124977     PISSN: 15567036     EISSN: 15567230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15567030701743718     Document Type: Article

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