Engine Performance Characteristics for Biodiesels of Different Degrees of Saturation and Carbon Chain Lengths

SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 188-198

  Pham, P X ^a,c   Bodisco, T A ^b   Stevanovic, S ^b   Rahman, M D ^b   Wang, H ^b   Ristovski, Z D ^b   Brown, R J ^b   Masri, A R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; chain length; fatty acid methyl ester; iodine value; NOx; particle mass concentration; particle size distribution; reactive oxygen species; saponification number; saturation degree; unsaturation degree

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; BIOFUELS; CHAIN LENGTH; CHAINS; COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINES; ENGINES; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER; IODINE VALUE; PARTICLE MASS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SAPONIFICATION NUMBERS; SATURATION DEGREE; UNSATURATION DEGREE;

ENGINE CYLINDERS;

EID: 84876514610     PISSN: 19463952     EISSN: 19463960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2013-01-1680     Document Type: Article

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