Green energy: Water-containing acetone-butanol-ethanol diesel blends fueled in diesel engines

Applied Energy

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 182-191

  Chang, Yu Cheng ^a   Lee, Wen Jhy ^a   Lin, Sheng Lun ^b   Wang, Lin Chi ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHENG SHIU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diesel engine; Energy efficiency; Pollutant emissions; Water containing ABE

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALTERNATIVE FUELS; DEHYDRATION; EMULSIFICATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOURCES; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OILS AND FATS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

ACETONE-BUTANOL-ETHANOL; BRAKE THERMAL EFFICIENCY; DEHYDRATION PROCESS; DIESEL ENGINE GENERATORS; ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN PROCESS; POLLUTANT EMISSION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); WATER-CONTAINING ABE;

DIESEL ENGINES;

ACETONE; BIOMASS; CARBON EMISSION; DEHYDRATION; DIESEL ENGINE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SURFACTANT; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 84877138187     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.03.086     Document Type: Article

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