Wear, durability, and lubricating oil performance of a straight vegetable oil (Karanja) blend fueled direct injection compression ignition engine

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Agarwal, Avinash Kumar ^a   Dhar, Atul ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CONTENTS; ENGINE COMPONENTS; FOSSIL FUEL RESOURCES; HARDWARE MODIFICATIONS; LONG-TERM DURABILITIES; LONG-TERM ENDURANCE TESTS; STRAIGHT VEGETABLE OIL; TRANSPORTATION FUELS;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BLENDING; DIESEL ENGINES; DIRECT INJECTION; ENGINES; LUBRICATING OILS; MINERALS; PISTON RINGS; VEGETABLE OILS;

DURABILITY;

EID: 84875474383     PISSN: 19417012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4771694     Document Type: Article

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