Investigation of combustion characteristics of biodiesel and its blends

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 877-891

  Raghavan, Vasudevan ^a   Rajesh, S ^a   Parag, Shintre ^a   Avinash, V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Burning rate; Critical velocity; Infusion pump; Karanja oil; Porous sphere technique

Indexed keywords

BURNING RATE; CRITICAL VELOCITY; INFUSION PUMP; KARANJA OIL; POROUS SPHERE TECHNIQUE;

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIODIESEL; COMBUSTION; FLAMMABILITY; PUMPS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY;

SPHERES;

EID: 70449569484     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: 1563521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200902900409     Document Type: Article

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