Parametric Investigations into Combustion of Seed Oils in a Diesel Engine University of Melbourne

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Kumar, S., author.

Conference Name:

4th International Pacific Conference on Automotive Engineering (1987-11-08 : Melbourne, Australia)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1987

Summary:

A thermodynamic model has been employed to study the effect of changing injection timing, spray angle, fuel density, fuel viscosity, chemical reaction rate constants and air entrainment on the combustion performance of seed oils and their methyl esters in an open chamber diesel engine. It is shown that the most important valuables affecting the performance are fuel density and fuel viscosity. It is deduced that modification of these physical properties can lead to substantial improvement in the combustion performance of the seed oils

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Publisher Number:

871240

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