Spray and engine performance characteristics of biodiesel and its blends with diesel and ethanol fuels

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 183, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 802-822

  Park, Su Han ^a   Cha, Junepyo ^a   Lee, Chang Sik ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atomization performance; Combustion pressure; Emission index; Nanosize particles; Phase Doppler particle analyzer

Indexed keywords

BIO-DIESEL FUEL; COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; COMBUSTION PRESSURE; DROPLET SIZES; EMISSION INDEX; ENGINE PERFORMANCE; EXHAUST EMISSION; IGNITION DELAYS; KINEMATIC VISCOSITY; NANO-SIZE PARTICLES; PHASE DOPPLER PARTICLE ANALYZER; SPRAY CONE ANGLE; SPRAY TIP PENETRATION;

ATOMIZATION; BIODIESEL; BLENDING; DIESEL FUELS; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; IGNITION; MACHINE DESIGN; SURFACE TENSION; SYNTHETIC FUELS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

BIOETHANOL;

EID: 79956153828     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: 1563521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102202.2011.552897     Document Type: Article

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