Performance of a direct injection diesel engine fuelled with a dimethyl ether/diesel blend

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 217, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 819-824

  Wang, Hewu ^a,b   Zhou, Longbao ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blend fuel; Diesel; Dimethyl ether; Engine performance

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; DIESEL FUELS; EVAPORATION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; TORQUE CONTROL; VAPOR PRESSURE;

BLEND FUELS; DIMETHYL ETHER; ENGINE PERFORMANCE; REID VAPOR PRESSURE (RVP);

DIESEL ENGINES;

EID: 8644235911     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095440700321700907     Document Type: Conference Paper

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