The autoignition behavior of surrogate diesel fuel mixtures and the chemical effects of 2-ethylhexyl nitrate (2-EHN) cetane improver

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Stein, Y ^a   Yetter, R A ^a   Dryer, F L ^a   Aradi, A ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ethyl Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DECOMPOSITION; DIESEL FUELS; FUELS; HEPTANE; MIXTURES; NITRATES;

2-ETHYLHEXYL NITRATE; INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURES; OXIDATION CHARACTERISTICS; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MECHANISMS; PRODUCT DISTRIBUTIONS; PURE HYDROCARBONS; SURROGATE DIESEL FUELS; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85072447286     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/1999-01-1504     Document Type: Conference Paper

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