Performance, emission and combustion characteristic of a multicylinder DI diesel engine running on diesel-ethanol-biodiesel blends of high ethanol content

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 5042-5055

  Hulwan, Dattatray Bapu ^a   Joshi, Satishchandra V ^a  

^a VISHWAKARMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

DI diesel engine; Diesel ethanol biodiesel blends; Emissions; Injection timing

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; ETHANOL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; IGNITION; OXYGEN;

ACCELERATION TESTS; ACCEPTABLE LIMIT; BRAKE SPECIFIC FUEL CONSUMPTION; CETANE INDEX; CO EMISSIONS; COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; COSOLVENTS; DI DIESEL ENGINE; DIESEL-ETHANOL-BIODIESEL BLENDS; HEAT RELEASE; HIGH LOAD; INJECTION TIMING; LOW LOAD; NO EMISSIONS; OPERATING CONDITION; OXYGEN CONTENT; PEAK-FIRING PRESSURES; RUNNING MODE; SMOKE EMISSION; SMOKE OPACITY; STEADY STATE; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; DIESEL ENGINE; ETHANOL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SMOKE; SOLVENT; VISCOSITY;

EID: 80052264930     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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