Biodegradability characteristics of current and newly-developed alternative fuels

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Speidel, Harold K ^a   Ahmed, Irshad ^b  

^a TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY   (United States)

^b Pure Energy Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTM STANDARDS; BIODEGRADABILITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GASOLINE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; TESTING;

BIODEGRADABILITY TESTING; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGY; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; LIQUID TRANSPORTATION; PERFORMANCE DATA; RENEWABLE MATERIALS; STANDARD TEST METHOD;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS;

EID: 85072446032     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/1999-01-3518     Document Type: Conference Paper

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