A comparative study of performance and emission characteristics of biodiesel blends with diethylene glycol dimethyl ether as additive

Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 778-788

  Swaminathan, C ^a   Sarangan, J ^b  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

brake thermal efficiency; carbon dioxide; carbon monoxide; hydrocarbons; nitrogen oxides

Indexed keywords

BASELINE DATA; BIO-DIESEL BLENDS; BRAKE THERMAL EFFICIENCY; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE; DIETHYLENE GLYCOL; DIMETHYL ETHERS; EDDY CURRENT DYNAMOMETER; EXHAUST EMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; PERFORMANCE AND EMISSIONS; PERFORMANCE TESTS; SINGLE-CYLINDER DIESEL ENGINE; SMOKE DENSITY;

BIODIESEL; BRAKES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; GLYCOLS; HYDROCARBONS; NITROGEN OXIDES;

DIESEL ENGINES;

EID: 84874485934     PISSN: 15567036     EISSN: 15567230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15567036.2010.514780     Document Type: Article

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