Evaluation of the effects of fuel and combustion-related processes on exergetic efficiency

Fuel

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1818-1825

  Ismail, Saleel ^a   Mehta, Pramod S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Availability; Combustion; Exergetic efficiency; Fuels; Second Law

Indexed keywords

AIR STOICHIOMETRY; CHEMICAL AVAILABILITY; EXERGETIC EFFICIENCY; HYDROCARBON FUEL; OXYGEN ENRICHMENT; OXYGEN FRACTIONS; OXYGENATED FUEL; REACTANT MIXTURES; SECOND LAW; UNSATURATED HYDROCARBONS;

ACETYLENE; COMBUSTION; EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION; HEAT ENGINES; HYDROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; STOICHIOMETRY;

FUELS;

EID: 79952536228     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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