A novel soluble nano-catalysts in diesel-biodiesel fuel blends to improve diesel engines performance and reduce exhaust emissions

Fuel

Volumn 139, Issue , 2015, Pages 374-382

  Mirzajanzadeh, Mehrdad ^a   Tabatabaei, Meisam ^b,c   Ardjmand, Mehdi ^a,b   Rashidi, Alimorad ^b,d   Ghobadian, Barat ^b,e   Barkhi, Mohammad ^b,f   Pazouki, Mohammad ^g  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b BIOFUEL RESEARCH TEAM BRTEAM   (Iran)

^c AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF IRAN ABRII   (Iran)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY RIPI   (Iran)

^e TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^f Applied Geological Research Center of Iran   (Iran)

^g MATERIALS AND ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Diesel; Emissions; Engine performance; Hybrid nano catalyst

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; BIODIESEL; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; CERIUM OXIDE; DIESEL ENGINES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SOOT;

BIO-DIESEL BLENDS; COMBUSTION REACTIONS; DIESEL; ENGINE PERFORMANCE; NANO-CATALYST; NANOSIZED CATALYSTS; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; UNBURNED HYDROCARBONS;

NANOCATALYSTS;

EID: 84907483708     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2014.09.008     Document Type: Article

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