Correlation for the estimation of the cetane number of biodiesel fuels and implications on the iodine number

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4337-4344

  Lapuerta, Magín ^a   Rodríguez Fernández, José ^a   de Mora, Emilio Font ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b APPA (Spanish Renewable Energy Association)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Cetane number; Unsaturation

Indexed keywords

BIO-DIESEL FUEL; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; CETANE NUMBER; FATTY OIL; IODINE NUMBER; LIMITING EFFECTS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; TRANSPORT FUEL;

ANTIKNOCK RATING; BLENDING; DIESEL FUELS; ESTIMATION; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; IODINE; SYNTHETIC FUELS;

BIODIESEL;

BIOFUEL; CORRELATION; DIESEL; ESTIMATION METHOD; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 70449414186     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.05.049     Document Type: Article

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