Performance characteristics of Jatropha ethyl ester as diesel engine fuel at different compression ratios

Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 95-100

  Kumar, Rajneesh ^a   Kumar Dixit, Anoop ^a   Kumar Singh, Shashi ^a   Singh, Gursahib ^a   Khurana, Rohinish ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Brake specific fuel consumption; Brake thermal efficiency; Compression ratio; Diesel engine; Jatropha ethyl ester

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884962394     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16821130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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