Comparison of performance characteristics of agricultural tractor diesel engine operating on home and industrially produced biodiesel

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1048-1058

  Gravalos, I ^a   Gialamas, T ^a   Koutsofitis, Z ^a   Kateris, D ^a   Xyradakis, P ^a   Tsiropoulos, Z ^a   Lianos, G ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agricultural tractor diesel engine; Home biodiesel; Performance characteristics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR DIESEL ENGINE; AGRICULTURAL TRACTORS; BIO-DIESEL FUEL; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; COMPARISON OF PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HOME BIODIESEL; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; WASTE OIL; WORLD MARKET;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BIODIESEL; DIESEL FUELS; ENGINES; FUEL OILS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LUBRICATING OILS; MINING; POWER TAKEOFFS; SYNTHETIC FUELS; TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL); TRACTORS (TRUCK); VEGETABLE OILS;

DIESEL ENGINES;

EID: 70349385081     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.1533     Document Type: Article

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