Performance of a domestic cooking wick stove using fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) from oil plants in Kenya

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1250-1256

  Wagutu, Agatha W ^a   Thoruwa, Thomas F N ^a   Chhabra, Sumesh C ^a   Lang'at Thoruwa, Caroline C ^a   Mahunnah, R L A ^b  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Calodendrum Capense (L.f.) Thunb.; Cocos nucifera L. (coconut); Croton megalocarpus Hutch; Jatropha carcus L. (Physic nut); Kenya; Soya bean

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS FUELS; COCOS NUCIFERA; FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER; FLASH POINTS; HEALTH AND SAFETY; JATROPHA; OIL PLANTS; PERFORMANCE TESTS; PHYSIC NUT; PLANT OIL; SOYABEANS; SPECIFIC FUEL CONSUMPTION;

ACIDS; BUTANE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; GAS INDUSTRY; KEROSENE; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; LIQUIDS; VEGETABLE OILS;

FUELS;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; BIOFUEL; COOKING APPLIANCE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ESTER; FATTY ACID; HEALTH IMPACT; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOYBEAN; VEGETABLE OIL;

KENYA;

EID: 77954814176     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.03.016     Document Type: Article

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