Experimental investigation on a diesel engine fuelled with neem oil and its methyl ester

Thermal Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1193-1204

  Sivalakshmi, Sivanathan ^a   Balusamy, Thangavel ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

Combustion; Diesel engine; Neem oil; Neem oil methyl ester; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858787271     PISSN: 03549836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/TSCI100810054S     Document Type: Article

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