Shock tube investigation of propane-air mixtures with a pilot diesel fuel or cotton methyl ester

Fuel

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 494-500

  Saleh, H E ^a   Selim, Mohamed Y E ^b  

^a HELWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Cotton seed methyl ester; Diesel; Dual fuel engine; Propane; Shock tube

Indexed keywords

AIR ENGINES; ALTERNATIVE FUELS; CALORIFIC VALUE; COTTON; DATA ACQUISITION; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; ELECTRIC IGNITION; ESTERS; LIQUID FUELS; MIXTURES; PROPANE; SHOCK TUBES; TRANSMISSIONS;

DATA ACQUISITION CARDS; DIESEL; DUAL FUEL COMBUSTION; INITIAL TEMPERATURES; METHYL ESTERS; OPERATING CONDITION; PILOT FUEL QUANTITY; PROPANE-AIR MIXTURE;

DUAL FUEL ENGINES;

EID: 71549129857     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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