Influence of engine load and fuel droplet size on performance of a CI engine fueled with cottonseed oil and its blends with diesel fuel

Applied Energy

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 1046-1053

  Daho, Tizane ^a   Vaitilingom, Gilles ^b   Ouiminga, Salifou K ^a   Piriou, Bruno ^b   Zongo, Augustin S ^a   Ouoba, Samuel ^a   Koulidiati, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^b CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Diesel engine; Droplet size; Emission; Heat release; Vegetable oil

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; COTTONSEED OIL; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; DROPS; FUEL SYSTEMS; NEUTRON EMISSION; NITROGEN OXIDES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VEGETABLE OILS;

COMBUSTION PARAMETERS; DIRECT INJECTION DIESEL ENGINES; DROPLET SIZE ANALYSIS; DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; DROPLET SIZES; HEAT RELEASE; HIGH INJECTION PRESSURES; SPECIFIC FUEL CONSUMPTION;

ENGINES;

CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; DIESEL; DIESEL ENGINE; DROPLET; ENGINE; NITROGEN OXIDES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VEGETABLE OIL;

MICROPUS;

EID: 84880780265     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.05.059     Document Type: Article

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