Impact of biodiesel blends on fuel consumption and emissions in euro 4 compliant vehicles

SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 142-164

  Rose, Kenneth D ^a   Samaras, Zissis ^b   Jansen, Liesbeth ^c   Clark, Richard ^d   Elliott, Nigel ^e   Fontaras, Georgios ^b   Zemroch, Peter J ^d   Hall, Diane ^f   Almena, Maria Dolores Cardenas ^a   Higham, Cassandra ^g   Kalogirou, Maria ^b  

^a Concawe ^*  (Spain)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c Kuwait   (Kuwait)

^d SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^e EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^f DH Consulting   (United States)

^g BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FAT; BIODIESEL BLENDS; CHASSIS DYNAMOMETERS; DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTERS; DIESEL VEHICLES; EMISSIONS PERFORMANCE; EMISSIONS REGULATIONS; FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER; FUEL BLENDS; HC EMISSIONS; LIGHT-DUTY; LOWER ENERGIES; NEW EUROPEAN DRIVING CYCLES; OXIDATION CATALYSTS; PARTICULATE MASS; PERFORMANCE AND EMISSIONS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; RAPESEED METHYL ESTER; RENEWABLE PRODUCTS; ROAD FUELS; SOLID PARTICLES; STATISTICAL PRECISION; TAILPIPE EMISSION;

DIESEL FUELS; DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES; DYNAMOMETERS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FUEL OILS; FUELS; HYDROCARBONS; LAKES; NITROGEN OXIDES; STEEL METALLURGY; VEGETABLE OILS; VEHICLE WHEELS; VEHICLES;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

EID: 79959569673     PISSN: 19463952     EISSN: 19463960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2010-01-1484     Document Type: Article

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