An experimental study of normal-hexadecane and iso-dodecane binary fuel blends in a military diesel engine

ASME 2012 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference, ICEF 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 191-203

  Hamilton, Leonard J ^a   Cowart, Jim S ^a   Luning Prak, Dianne ^a   Caton, Patrick A ^a  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY FUEL BLENDS; BRANCHED ALKANES; COMBUSTION PHASING; ENGINE OPERATIONS; MOLECULAR COMPOSITIONS; PETROLEUM FUELS; SHORTER IGNITION DELAY; STRAIGHT CHAIN ALKANES;

CHAINS; ENGINES; FUEL INJECTION; FUELS; IGNITION; PARAFFINS;

DIESEL ENGINES;

EID: 84892636382     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICEF2012-92151     Document Type: Conference Paper

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