Effects of blending a heavy alcohol (C20H40O with diesel in a heavy-duty compression-ignition engine

Fuel

Volumn 136, Issue , 2014, Pages 89-102

  Ramirez A I ^a   Aggarwal, S K ^a   Som, S ^b   Rutter, T P ^b   Longman, D E ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio derived alcohol; Cavitation modeling; In cylinder endoscopy; Second generation biofuel

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CAVITATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; ENDOSCOPY; ENGINES; IGNITION; VISCOSITY;

CAVITATION MODEL; CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; CO AND NO; COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES; ENGINE OPERATING CONDITIONS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SECOND GENERATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS;

ENGINE CYLINDERS;

EID: 84905575939     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2014.06.039     Document Type: Article

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