The Influence of Fuel Characteristics on Diesel Engine Combustion and Performance, by David Randall Kent, Jr |
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aldehyde API GRAVITY apparent temperature aromatic ASTM atoms Automotive Engineers Blackwood and Cloud Carbon Residue catalytically cracked catane cetane number cetene chain reaction combustion chamber combustion process corrosion delay period Deposits and Wear destructive combustion Diesel Combustion diesel engine diesel fuel effect of fuel Engine Deposits engine performance engine wear EXHAUST CONDENSER exhaust smoke flame temperatures fuel characteristics fuel consumption fuel droplets fuel fractions fuel oil fuel vapor Fuel-Air Mixture fuel-air ratios gravity heating value heptane high cetane high smoke HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY high temperatures hydrocarbons ignition delay ignition quality Incomplete Combustion increase injection and combustion Landen micro-mixture mid-boiling point molecule napthalene non-black body number and volatility Olefins oxygen paraffins period of uncontrolled power output pressure rise pyrometers radiation rate of pressure reaction velocities ring SMOKE AND ODOR smoke formation Society of Automotive spectra sulphur content sulphur trioxide Transactions uncontrolled combustion Viscosity and Volatility volatility characteristics