Measurements and correlations of physico-chemical properties to composition of pseudo-binary mixtures with biodiesel

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3417-3423

  Nita, I ^a   Geacai, S ^a   Iulian, O ^b  

^a OVIDIUS UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Density; Diesel fuel; Refractive index; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

BASIC PROPERTIES; COLD WEATHER; COMBUSTION MODEL; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION; FUEL MIXTURES; INPUT DATAS; MIXING RULES; MODIFIED EQUATION; ONE-EQUATION; PETROLEUM DIESEL FUELS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PSEUDO-BINARIES;

BENZENE; BIODIESEL; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COMBUSTION; DIESEL FUELS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; LIGHT REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY;

BINARY MIXTURES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BENZENE; BIOFUEL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; CORRELATION; DATA SET; DIESEL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOSSIL FUEL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PETROLEUM; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION CONTROL; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79960159773     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.05.020     Document Type: Article

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