Effect of exhaust gas recirculation and ethyl hexyl nitrate additive on biodiesel fuelled diesel engine for the reduction of NO x emissions

Frontiers in Energy

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 304-310

  Venkateswarlu, K ^a   Kumar, K Vijaya ^a   Murthy, B S R ^b   Subbarao, V V ^c  

^a K L UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b QIS College of Engineering and Technology   (India)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

additive; emissions; ethyl hexyl nitrate (EHN); exhaust gas recirculation (EGR); performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866455387     PISSN: 20951701     EISSN: 20951698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11708-012-0195-9     Document Type: Article

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