Bio-butanol fuel utilization technologies: Electrostatic sprays, diffusion flames and kinetic modeling

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Agathou, Maria S ^a   Kyritsis, Dimitrios C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTORS; CONSERVATION; DROPS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ETHANOL; FUELS; HEPTANE; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; MATLAB; METHANE; STRAIN RATE; THERMOCOUPLES;

AGRICULTURAL SOURCES; ELECTROSTATIC SPRAY; EXTINCTION STRAIN RATE; HIGH-SPEED VISUALIZATION; K-TYPE THERMOCOUPLES; PHASE DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY; PISTON-CYLINDER ASSEMBLY; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 85072506175     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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