Performance investigations of a diesel engine using ethyl levulinate-diesel blends

BioResources

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 5972-5982

  Wang, Zhi Wei ^a,b,c   Lei, Ting Zhou ^a,c   Liu, Liang ^b,c   Zhu, Jin Ling ^b,c   He, Xiao Feng ^b,c   Li, Zai Feng ^b,c  

^a HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Henan Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c Henan Key Lab of Biomass Energy   (China)

Author keywords

Diesel; Emissions; Ethyl levulinate; Performance

Indexed keywords

CALORIFIC VALUE; DIESEL FUELS; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINES; FUEL ADDITIVES; FUEL CONSUMPTION; FUELS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

DIESEL; ETHYL LEVULINATE; EXHAUST EMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FOUR STROKE DIESEL ENGINES; FUEL FORMULATION; LOWER HEATING VALUE; PERFORMANCE;

DIESEL ENGINES;

EID: 84872779372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15376/biores.7.4.5972-5982     Document Type: Article

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