Effective utilisation of butanol along with gasoline in a spark ignition engine through a dual injection system

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 550-558

  Venugopal, T ^a   Ramesh, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Alcohols; Dual injection; Fuel ratio and emissions; n Butanol; Phase separation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL GASOLINE BLENDS; DIFFERENT OPERATING CONDITIONS; DUAL INJECTION SYSTEM; DUAL INJECTIONS; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; FUEL RATIO; N-BUTANOL; OPERATING CONDITION;

ALCOHOL FUELS; ALCOHOLS; BLENDING; FUELS; PHASE SEPARATION;

GASOLINE;

EID: 84880062545     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.06.026     Document Type: Article

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