Croton megalocarpus oil-fired microtrigeneration prototype for remote and self-contained applications: Experimental assessment of its performance and gaseous and particulate emissions

Interface Focus

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wu, Dawei ^a   Roskilly, Anthony P ^a   Yu, Hongdong ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Croton megalocarpus; Gaseous and particulate emissions; Micro trigeneration; Pure plant oil fuelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871698554     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2012.0041     Document Type: Article

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