Experimental studies on spray and gas entrainment characteristics ofbiodiesel fuel: Implications of gas entrained and fuel oxygen content on soot formation

Energy

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 434-442

  Kuti, Olawole Abiola ^a   Nishida, Keiya ^b   Zhu, Jingyu ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Combustion; Diesel engine; Gas entrainment; LIF PIV; Spray

Indexed keywords

ATOMIZATION; BIODIESEL; COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; FUELS; NOZZLES; OXYGEN; PIPE FLOW; SOOT; SPRAYING;

ATOMIZATION CHARACTERISTICS; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; CONSTANT-VOLUME VESSEL; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GAS ENTRAINMENT; LIF-PIV; SAUTER MEAN DIAMETER (SMD);

GASES;

COMBUSTION; DIESEL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN; SPRAY; VEGETABLE OIL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84880701545     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.05.006     Document Type: Article

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