Effect of a glycerol-derived advanced biofuel -FAGE (fatty acid formal glycerol ester)- on the emissions of a diesel engine tested under the New European Driving Cycle

Energy

Volumn 93, Issue , 2015, Pages 568-579

  Lapuerta, Magín ^a   Rodríguez Fernández, José ^a   García Contreras, Reyes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Advanced biofuels; Diesel engines; Emissions; Glycerol

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; ENGINES; ESTERS; FUELS; GLYCEROL; HYDROCARBONS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

ADVANCED BIOFUELS; AUTOMOTIVE ENGINE; COLD FLOW PROPERTIES; CRITICAL PROPERTIES; ENGINE TEMPERATURES; NEW EUROPEAN DRIVING CYCLES; OXIDATION CATALYSTS; PARTICLE EMISSIONS;

FATTY ACIDS;

BIOFUEL; CATALYST; DIESEL ENGINE; EMISSION; HYDROCARBON; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84949681464     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.09.070     Document Type: Article

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