Transient performance and emission characteristics of a heavy-duty diesel engine fuelled with microalga Chlorella variabilis and Jatropha curcas biodiesels

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 106, Issue , 2015, Pages 892-900

  Singh, Devendra ^a   Singal, S K ^a   Garg, M O ^a   Maiti, Pratyush ^b   Mishra, Sandhya ^b   Ghosh, Pushpito K ^b,c  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM   (India)

^b CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Emissions; European Transient Cycle (ETC); Jatropha curcas biodiesel; Microalgal biodiesel

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BIODIESEL; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENGINES; FUELS; LAND USE; MARINE ENGINES; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES; HEAVY-DUTY DIESEL ENGINE; JATROPHA CURCAS; LAND-USE COMPETITION; MICROALGAL BIODIESELS; SPECIFIC FUEL CONSUMPTION; TRANSIENT CYCLE; TRANSIENT PERFORMANCE;

DIESEL ENGINES;

EID: 84944754607     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2015.10.023     Document Type: Article

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