Comparative environmental behavior of bus engine operating on blends of diesel fuel with four straight vegetable oils of Greek origin: Sunflower, cottonseed, corn and olive

Fuel

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3439-3446

  Rakopoulos, D C ^a   Rakopoulos, C D ^a   Giakoumis, E G ^a   Dimaratos, A M ^a   Founti, M A ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bus diesel engine; Diesel fuel blends; Emissions; Straight vegetable oils

Indexed keywords

DIESEL FUEL BLENDS; EMITTED SMOKE; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HEAVY DUTY; MERCEDES BENZ; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; STRAIGHT VEGETABLE OILS; THEORETICAL ASPECTS; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; UNBURNED HYDROCARBONS; VEGETABLE OIL BLENDS;

BUSES; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; DIRECT INJECTION; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINES; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; HYDROCARBONS; LUBRICATING OILS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; OILSEEDS; VEGETABLE OILS;

FUEL OILS;

EID: 80052721335     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2011.06.009     Document Type: Article

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