Performance evaluation of a diesel engine fueled with methyl ester of castor seed oil

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 245-249

  Panwar, N L ^a   Shrirame, Hemant Y ^a   Rathore, N S ^a   Jindal, Sudhakar ^a   Kurchania, A K ^a  

^a Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Castor seed oil; Engine performance; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

CASTOR SEEDS; COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE; ENGINE PERFORMANCE; EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURES; FOUR STROKES; LONG TERM; METHYL ESTERS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; POLYUNSATURATED CHARACTER; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; VARIABLE COMPRESSION RATIO;

BIODIESEL; COMPRESSION RATIO (MACHINERY); DIESEL FUELS; DURABILITY; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINES; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; LUBRICATING OILS; MACHINE DESIGN; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SEED; TRANSESTERIFICATION; VEGETABLE OILS; VEGETABLES; VISCOSITY;

DIESEL ENGINES;

EID: 74349126410     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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