Engine performance, combustion, and emissions study of biomass to liquid fuel in a compression-ignition engine

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 95, Issue , 2015, Pages 342-351

  Ogunkoya, Dolanimi ^a   Fang, Tiegang ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel Fischer; Biomass to liquid; BTL; Combustion; Diesel engines; Emissions; Tropsch

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BIODIESEL; BIOMASS; BRAKES; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBUSTION; DIESEL FUELS; EFFICIENCY; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINES; FUEL CONSUMPTION; FUELS; IGNITION; LIQUIDS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OPACITY; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

BIOMASS TO LIQUID; BRAKE MEAN EFFECTIVE PRESSURES; BRAKE SPECIFIC FUEL CONSUMPTION; BRAKE THERMAL EFFICIENCY; BTL; COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE; SINGLE-CYLINDER DIESEL ENGINE; TROPSCH;

DIESEL ENGINES;

EID: 84923774817     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2015.02.041     Document Type: Article

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