Performance and emission experimental evaluation and comparison of a regenerative gas microturbine using biodiesel from various sources as fuel

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Nascimento, Marco A R ^a   Sierra R , Guido A ^a   Silva Lora, Electo E ^a   Rendon, Manuel A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ITAJUBÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-DIESEL FUEL; CASTOR OIL; COMPARISON STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; FULL-LOAD; HEAT RATE; MICRO TURBINE; PALM OIL; PERFORMANCE AND EMISSIONS; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

DIESEL FUELS; GAS GENERATORS; SYNTHETIC FUELS; VEGETABLE OILS;

BIODIESEL;

EID: 84859892813     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: 15288994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4003999     Document Type: Article

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