Effects of the exhaust gas recirculation rate and ambient gas temperature on the spray and combustion characteristics of soybean biodiesel and diesel

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 226, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 372-384

  Wu, Y ^a,b   Huang, R ^b   Lee, C F ^c   Huang, C ^a  

^a CHINA FAW GROUP CORPORATION   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

ambient gas temperature; exhaust gas recirculation; integrated natural flame luminosity; soot mass; soybean biodiesel

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; DIESEL ENGINES; DUST; GASES; LUMINANCE; OXYGEN; SOOT;

AMBIENT GAS; AMBIENT OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; CONSTANT VOLUME COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION (EGR); EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION RATES; FLAME LUMINOSITIES; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); SOYBEAN BIODIESELS;

EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION;

EID: 84860258120     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954407011416291     Document Type: Article

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