Experimental and numerical investigation on soot behavior of soybean biodiesel under ambient oxygen dilution in conventional and low-temperature flames

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2663-2676

  Xiao, Maoyu ^a   Liu, Haifeng ^a,b   Bi, Xiaojie ^a   Wang, Hu ^c   Lee, Chia Fon F ^d,e  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BIODIESEL; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIESEL ENGINES; FREE RADICALS; FUELING; LIGHTING; OXYGEN; SOOT; TEMPERATURE;

AMBIENT OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; CONSTANT VOLUME CHAMBER; DIESEL ENGINE COMBUSTIONS; INTERMEDIATE SPECIE; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VALIDATION RESULTS;

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EID: 84899013654     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef5002315     Document Type: Article

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