Development of truck engine technologies for use with Fischer-Tropsch fuels

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  May, Mike P ^a   Vertin, Keith ^b   Ren, Shouxian ^c   Gui, Xinqun ^c   Myburgh, Ian ^d   Schaberg, Paul ^d  

^a RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Navistar International Corporation   (United States)

^d Sasol Ltd

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL COMBUSTION; CRUDE OIL; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; DIESEL FUELS; FUELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION;

DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; FISCHER-TROPSCH FUELS; FISCHER-TROPSCH PROCESS; IGNITION CHARACTERISTICS; REGULATED EMISSIONS; TRANSPORTATION FUELS; TURBOCHARGED DIESEL ENGINE;

DIESEL ENGINES;

EID: 85072461525     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2001-01-3520     Document Type: Conference Paper

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