Heat release and engine performance effects of soybean oil ethyl ester blending into diesel fuel

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3907-3916

  Bueno, Andre Valente ^a   Velásquez, José Antonio ^b,c   Milanez, Luiz Fernando ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diesel engine; Engine performance; Exergy analysis; Soybean ethyl ester biodiesel

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; BLENDING; BRAKES; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; DIRECT INJECTION; ENGINES; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; EXERGY; FUELS; MACHINE DESIGN;

BIODIESEL BLENDS; BRAKE THERMAL EFFICIENCY; COMBUSTION TEMPERATURES; DIRECT INJECTION ENGINES; ENGINE PERFORMANCE; ETHYL ESTERS; EXERGY ANALYSIS; EXERGY BALANCES; FUEL-AIR EQUIVALENCE RATIO; FULL-LOAD; HEAT RELEASE; HEAT RELEASE ANALYSIS; HEAT VALUE; SOYBEAN OIL; SPECIFIC FUEL CONSUMPTION;

ENGINE CYLINDERS;

BIOFUEL; DIESEL ENGINE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ESTER; EXERGY; HEAT FLUX; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOYBEAN; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL POWER; VEGETABLE OIL;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 79958148886     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.07.030     Document Type: Article

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