Experimental investigation of the effect of a B70 biodiesel blend on a common-rail passenger car diesel engine

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 223, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 685-701

  Tziourtzioumis, D ^a   Demetriades, L ^a   Zogou, O ^a   Stamatelos, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

B70 biodiesel blend; Common rail diesel engine; Engine bench tests; Passenger car

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DATA ACQUISITION; DIESEL ENGINES; NITROGEN OXIDES; PASSENGER CARS;

BIO-DIESEL BLENDS; COMMON RAIL DIESEL ENGINES; ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNITS; ENGINE BENCH TESTS; ENGINE PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HIGH-PRESSURE INJECTION; PARTICULATE SAMPLING;

AUTOMOBILE ENGINES;

EID: 65849334135     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544070JAUTO1094     Document Type: Article

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