Experimental investigations on the increase in nitric oxide emissions using biodiesels and their mitigation

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 228, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1274-1284

  Jeyaseelan, Thangaraja ^a   Krishnasamy, Anand ^a   Mehta, Pramod S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Common rail direct injection system; Injection timings; Karanja biodiesel; Peak pressure; Thermal nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; DIESEL ENGINES; ELASTIC MODULI; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN;

COMMON RAIL; COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; IN-CYLINDER COMBUSTION; INJECTION TIMING; KARANJA; NITRIC OXIDE FORMATION; PEAK PRESSURE;

DIRECT INJECTION;

EID: 84925061196     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: 20412991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954407014530894     Document Type: Article

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