Experimental study of spray characteristics of biodiesel derived from waste cooking oil

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 88, Issue , 2014, Pages 622-632

  Mohan, Balaji ^a   Yang, Wenming ^a   Tay, Kun Lin ^a   Yu, Wenbin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Air fuel mixing; Constant volume spray chamber; Spray characteristics; Waste cooking oil biodiesel

Indexed keywords

AIR-FUEL MIXING; SPRAY CHAMBER; SPRAY CHARACTERISTICS; WASTE COOKING OIL;

EID: 84907843819     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2014.09.013     Document Type: Article

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