Effect of injection pressure on flame and soot characteristics of the biodiesel fuel spray

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 182, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1369-1390

  Wang, Xiangang ^a,b   Kuti, Olawole Abiola ^b   Zhang, Wu ^b   Nishida, Keiya ^b   Huang, Zuohua ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Flame; Injection pressure; Soot; Spray

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT; BIO-DIESEL FUEL; COMMON RAIL INJECTION SYSTEM; CONSTANT-VOLUME COMBUSTION VESSELS; FLAME; FLAME TEMPERATURES; FUEL JET; HIGH INJECTION; HIGH-SPEED; INJECTION PRESSURES; MIE SCATTERING; MIXING RATES; PALM OIL; SOOT FORMATIONS; SPRAY; SPRAY ANGLE; SPRAY ATOMIZATION; SPRAY CHARACTERISTICS; SPRAY COMBUSTION; SPRAY FLAMES; SPRAY TIP PENETRATION; TWO COLOR PYROMETRY;

AIR ENTRAINMENT; BIODIESEL; COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; DUST; FUEL PURIFICATION; HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY; LUMINANCE; OXYGEN; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PYROMETERS; PYROMETRY; SOOT; SYNTHETIC FUELS; VEGETABLE OILS;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 77957779964     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: 1563521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102201003789139     Document Type: Article

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