Estimation of opacity tendency of ethanol- and biodiesel-diesel blends by means of the smoke point technique

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3283-3288

  Armas, Octavio ^a   Gómez, M Arántzazu ^a   Barrientos, Eduardo J ^b   Boehman, André L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIATION FUEL; BINARY BLENDS; DIESEL ENGINE EXHAUST; ETHANOL-DIESEL BLEND; EURO-4 STANDARDS; LIGHT-DUTY; MASS CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN CONTENT; OXYGENATED FUEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PETROLEUM-DERIVED FUELS; SMOKE OPACITY; SMOKE POINT; SOOTING TENDENCY; STEADY STATE MODE;

BIODIESEL; DIESEL FUELS; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; EXHAUST SYSTEMS (ENGINE); FUELS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; OPACITY; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SMOKE;

DIESEL ENGINES;

EID: 79960576121     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef2005817     Document Type: Conference Paper

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