Performance, combustion and emission characteristics of n-butanol additive in methanol-gasoline blend fired in a naturally-aspirated spark ignition engine

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 118, Issue , 2014, Pages 318-326

  Siwale, Lennox ^a   Kristóf, Lukács ^b   Bereczky, Akos ^b   Mbarawa, Makame ^c   Kolesnikov, Andrei ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^c Ministry of Communication Science and Technology   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Bioalcohols; Brake specific fuel consumption; Brake thermal efficiency; Emission; Spark ignition

Indexed keywords

BIOALCOHOLS; BRAKE SPECIFIC FUEL CONSUMPTION; BRAKE THERMAL EFFICIENCY; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURES; FUEL-DELIVERY SYSTEMS; METHANOL-GASOLINE BLENDS; SPARK IGNITION;

BRAKES; COMBUSTION; FUELS; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; NEUTRON EMISSION;

GASOLINE;

EID: 84887830118     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

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