Comparative study of the combustion, performance, and emission characteristics of a variable compression ratio engine fuelled with diesel, corn oil methyl ester, and palm oil methyl ester

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Nagaraja, S ^a   Sakthivel, M ^b   Sudhakaran, R ^c  

^a KUMARAGURU COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c SNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAKE THERMAL EFFICIENCY; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURES; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); HIGHER COMPRESSION RATIOS; SPECIFIC FUEL CONSUMPTION; TRANSESTERIFICATION PROCESS; VARIABLE COMPRESSION RATIO;

BIODIESEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBUSTION; DIESEL FUELS; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINES; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FUELS; PALM OIL;

COMPRESSION RATIO (MACHINERY);

EID: 84875472906     PISSN: 19417012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4768543     Document Type: Article

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