Combustion analysis of microalgae methyl ester in a common rail direct injection diesel engine

TY - JOUR

T1 - Combustion analysis of microalgae methyl ester in a common rail direct injection diesel engine

AU - Islam, M.A.

AU - Rahman, M.M.

AU - Heimann, K.

AU - Nabi, M.N.

AU - Ristovski, Z.D.

AU - Dowell, A.

AU - Thomas, G.

AU - Feng, B.

AU - Von Alvensleben, N.

AU - Brown, R.J.

N1 - Cited By :98 Export Date: 17 February 2023 CODEN: FUELA Correspondence Address: Islam, M.A.; Biofuel Engine Research Facility, Australia Funding details: Queensland University of Technology, QUT Funding text 1: The authors acknowledge the North Queensland Algal Identification/Culturing Facility (NQAIF) at James Cook University, for providing the microalgal biomass and access to their analytical facilities. The authors also acknowledge EcoTech Biodiesel Company for providing waste cooking oil methyl ester for this experiment and Caltex Refinery for their valuable fuel property tests. MAI also acknowledges financial support from a postgraduate research scholarship provided by QUT. 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PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

KW - Engine performance

KW - Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME)

KW - Fuel property

KW - Gaseous emission

KW - Microalgae

KW - Algae

KW - Biodiesel

KW - Blending

KW - Brakes

KW - Direct injection

KW - Engine cylinders

KW - Esters

KW - Fuel consumption

KW - Gas emissions

KW - Marine engines

KW - Microorganisms

KW - Nitrogen oxides

KW - Oils and fats

KW - Polyunsaturated fatty acids

KW - Reduction

KW - Waste incineration

KW - Brake specific fuel consumption

KW - Direct injection diesel engines

KW - Fatty acid methyl ester

KW - Fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs)

KW - Fuel properties

KW - Micro-algae

KW - Physical and chemical properties

KW - Diesel engines

U2 - 10.1016/j.fuel.2014.11.063

DO - 10.1016/j.fuel.2014.11.063

M3 - Article

SN - 0016-2361

VL - 143

SP - 351

EP - 360

JO - Fuel

JF - Fuel

ER -