In-Use Comparison Test to Evaluate the Effect of Low Viscosity Oils on Fuel Consumption of Diesel and CNG Public Buses

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn 2014-October, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Macian, Vicente ^a   Tormos, Bernardo ^a   Ruiz, Santiago ^a   Ramirez Roa, Leonardo ^a   De Diego, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b REPSOL YPF   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSES; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); DIESEL ENGINES; POWERTRAINS; SHEAR FLOW; SOFTWARE TESTING; VISCOSITY;

COMPARISON TEST; ENGINE TEST BENCHES; FUEL CONSUMPTION REDUCTION; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; REFUELING SYSTEMS;

FUEL OILS;

EID: 84938538359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01487191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2014-01-2794     Document Type: Conference Paper

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