Synergistic combustion of droplets of ethanol, diesel and biodiesel mixtures

Fuel

Volumn 94, Issue , 2012, Pages 342-347

  Botero, M L ^a,b   Huang, Y ^a   Zhu, D L ^a   Molina, A ^b   Law, C K ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Castor oil biodiesel; Droplet combustion; Ethanol; Microexplosion; Soot formation

Indexed keywords

BURNING RATE; CASTOR OIL; CASTOR OIL BIODIESEL; COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; DIFFUSION LIMITED; DROPLET COMBUSTION; HIGH-TEMPERATURE COMBUSTION; LIQUID PHASE; METHYL STEARATE; MICRO EXPLOSION; SOOT FORMATION; SOOT FORMATIONS; SOOT PRODUCTION;

COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; DROPS; ETHANOL; MIXTURES; SOOT; VEGETABLE OILS;

BIODIESEL;

EID: 84856743452     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2011.10.049     Document Type: Article

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