Combustion characteristics of compression ignition engine fuelled with rapeseed oil–diesel fuel–n-butanol blends | Oil & Gas Science and Technology

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Issue		Oil Gas Sci. Technol. – Rev. IFP Energies nouvelles Volume 76, 2021


Article Number		17
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DOI		https://doi.org/10.2516/ogst/2021001
Published online		24 February 2021

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