Theoretical and experimental investigation of diesel engine performance, combustion and emissions analysis fuelled with the blends of ethanol, diesel and jatropha methyl ester

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 322-331

  Kannan, Dhandapani ^a   Pachamuthu, Senthilkumar ^b   Nurun Nabi, Md ^a   Hustad, Johan Einar ^a   Løvs, Terese ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Experiment; Jatropha methyl ester; Port injection; Simulation; Two zone model

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; COMBUSTION DURATION; COMBUSTION PARAMETERS; CUMULATIVE HEAT; DIESEL ENGINE PERFORMANCE; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; ENGINE LOAD; ENGINE OPERATING CONDITIONS; ETHANOL ADDITION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FUEL CHARACTERISTICS; FUEL VISCOSITY; HIGH LOAD; HIGH VISCOSITIES; IGNITION DELAYS; JATROPHA; MASS PERCENTAGE; METHYL ESTERS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OXIDES OF NITROGEN; OXYGENATED FUEL; PEAK PRESSURE; PEAK TEMPERATURES; PORT INJECTION; POWER OUT PUT; RATE OF HEAT RELEASE; SIMULATION; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; TOTAL HYDROCARBONS; TWO ZONE MODEL;

BLENDING; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIESEL FUELS; ENGINES; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; ETHANOL; FUELS; HYDROCARBONS; IGNITION; MACHINE DESIGN; NITROGEN OXIDES; VISCOSITY;

DIESEL ENGINES;

EID: 80054105379     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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