diesel index

[′dē·zəl ‚in‚deks]

(chemical engineering)

An empirical expression for the correlation between the aniline number of a diesel fuel and its ignitability.

(mechanical engineering)

Diesel fuel rating based on ignition qualities; high-quality fuel has a high index number.

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Table 1: Properties Diesel SFME 20% SFME 40% SFME Density, Kg/[m.sup.3] 860 900 868 876 Calorific value, kJ/kg 42800 37800 41800 40800 Viscosity, centistokes 3.01 5.8 3.568 4.126 Flash point, [degrees]C 60 98 67.6 75.2 Diesel index 50 48 49.6 49.2

Effect of injection timing on performance and emission characteristics of diesel engine with coated piston running on sunflower biodiesel blends

(1987), the quality parameter of diesel fuel is influenced by specific gravity, viscosity, aniline point and diesel index, and therefore this experiment covered physical characterization obtained by specific gravity parameter, viscosity, aniline point, flash point, API gravity and diesel index.

A potential study on clove oil, eugenol and eugenyl acetate as diesel fuel bio-additives and their performance on one cylinder engine/Biologiniu priedu--gvazdikeliu aliejaus eugenolio ir eugenolio acetato--naudojimas dyzelinio kuro misiniuose ir ju eksploatacines savybes vieno cilindro varikliuose

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