Performance analysis of diesel engine with diesel, ethanol and vegetable oil blends

International Journal of Chemical Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 576-584

  Kumar, P ^a   Gopal, P ^a   Aravind, S ^b  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MAM College of Engineering   (India)

Author keywords

Blended fuel; Diesel engine; Ethanol; Vegetable oil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937064897     PISSN: 0972768X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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