Fuel composition effect on the electrostatically-driven atomization of bio-butanol containing engine fuel blends

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 60, Issue , 2012, Pages 28-35

  Agathou, Maria S ^a   Kyritsis, Dimitrios C ^a  

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

Author keywords

Bio butanol; Bio fuel blends; Electrospray; Engine applications

Indexed keywords

APPLIED VOLTAGES; AVERAGE DIAMETER; BIO-BUTANOL; BIO-FUEL BLENDS; DROPLET SIZES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROSPRAYS; ENGINE APPLICATION; ENGINE FUELS; FUEL BLENDS; FUEL COMPOSITIONS; HIGH-SPEED VISUALIZATION; MIXTURE COMPOSITIONS; PHASE DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY; POLYDISPERSES; SECONDARY DROPLETS; THREE MIXTURES; WEBER NUMBERS;

DROPS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ETHANOL; FLOW RATE; SURFACE TENSION; VISUALIZATION;

ALCOHOLS;

EID: 84862202712     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2011.09.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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