Impact of fatty acid composition and physicochemical properties of Jatropha and Alexandrian laurel biodiesel blends: An analysis of performance and emission characteristics

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 133, Issue , 2016, Pages 1181-1189

  Ruhul, Md Amin ^a   Abedin, Md Joynul ^a,b   Rahman, S M Ashrafur ^c   Masjuki, Bin Haji Hassan ^a   Alabdulkarem, Abdullah ^d   Kalam, Md Abul ^a   Shancita, Islam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Biodiesel production; Emission; Fatty acid methyl ester; Performance; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; BRAKES; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHAINS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; DIESEL ENGINES; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINES; ESTERS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; FUELS; NEUTRON EMISSION; NITROGEN OXIDES; PALMITIC ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; BRAKE SPECIFIC FUEL CONSUMPTION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE AND EMISSIONS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; TURBOCHARGED DIESEL ENGINE;

FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 85008601485     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.06.017     Document Type: Article

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