An Experimental and Numerical Study of N-Dodecane/Butanol Blends for Compression Ignition Engines

This work was funded by competitive research funding from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) under the Clean Combustion Research Center internship program in collaboration with IIT Hyderabad. We would like to express our gratitude to Research Scholar Mr. Eshan Singh, for his support in carrying out Experiments at KAUST.

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