Investigation of the effects of renewable diesel fuels on engine performance, combustion, and emissions

Fuel

Volumn 140, Issue , 2015, Pages 541-554

  Ogunkoya, Dolanimi ^a   Roberts, William L ^a,b   Fang, Tiegang ^a   Thapaliya, Nirajan ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Combustion; Diesel engines; Emissions; Renewable diesel

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; BIOFUELS; CARBOXYLATION; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; ENGINES; FUEL CONSUMPTION; FUELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; IGNITION; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; ISOMERS; JET FUEL; PARAFFINS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

BRAKE SPECIFIC FUEL CONSUMPTION; DECARBOXYLATION REACTIONS; FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY; PEAK IN-CYLINDER PRESSURES; RENEWABLE DIESELS; SHORTER IGNITION DELAY;

FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 84908577588     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2014.09.061     Document Type: Article

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