Tamanu oil - an alternative fuel for variable compression ratio engine

International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Raj, Mohan T ^a   Kandasamy, Murugumohan Kumar K ^b  

^a SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Pavendar Bharathidasan College of Engineering and Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Compression ratio; Esterified tamanu oil; Transesterification; VCR engine

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BIODIESEL; COTTONSEED OIL; DIRECT INJECTION; ENGINES; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; OILSEEDS; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

ENGINE PERFORMANCE; ESTERIFIED TAMANU OIL; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS; RICE BRAN OIL; TRANSESTERIFICATION PROCESS; VARIABLE COMPRESSION RATIO;

COMPRESSION RATIO (MACHINERY);

EID: 84873024313     PISSN: 20089163     EISSN: 22516832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2251-6832-3-18     Document Type: Article

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