Droplet combustion of blended fuels with alcohol and biodiesel/diesel in microgravity condition

Fuel

Volumn 113, Issue , 2013, Pages 757-765

  Pan, Kuo Long ^a   Chiu, Ming Chun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Biodiesel; Droplet combustion; Microexplosion; Microgravity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BIODIESEL; COMBUSTION; DROP BREAKUP; ETHANOL FUELS; FUELS; METHANOL FUELS; MICROGRAVITY; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; MIXING; MIXTURES; SOOT;

ASYMMETRIC CONVECTION; BURNING CHARACTERISTICS; DROPLET COMBUSTION; MICRO EXPLOSION; MICROGRAVITY CONDITIONS; MULTICOMPONENT FUEL; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; SPHERICAL SYMMETRY;

ALCOHOL FUELS;

EID: 84885173163     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2013.03.029     Document Type: Article

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