Real-time study of noxious gas emissions and combustion efficiency of blended mixtures of neem biodiesel and petrodiesel

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2098-2107

  Pillay, Avin ^a   Molki, Arman ^a   Elkadi, Mirella ^a   Manuel, Johnson ^a   Bojanampati, Shrinivas ^a   Khan, Mohammed ^a   Stephen, Sasi ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Combustion efficiency; Neem biodiesel

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GAS FLOW; NEEM; REAL TIME;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA;

EID: 84882679650     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su5052098     Document Type: Article

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