A proposed new energy source: The "mixing energy" of engine exhaust gas

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Gellender, Martin ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION ENGINES; COMBUSTION GAS; CURRENT TECHNOLOGY; ENERGY SOURCE; ENGINE EXHAUST; ENGINE EXHAUST GAS; ENTROPY OF MIXING; FUEL CELL POWER PLANTS; FUEL-CELL POWER SOURCES; MIXING ENERGIES; NEW ENERGY SOURCES; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; POWER OUT PUT;

BRICKMAKING; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIESEL ENGINES; ENTROPY; EXHAUST SYSTEMS (ENGINE); FUEL CELLS; FURNACES; GAS ENGINES; MIXING; OXYGEN;

EXHAUST GASES;

EID: 79952584458     PISSN: 19417012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3324789     Document Type: Article

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