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effect of piston bowl geometry on biodiesel combustion
A team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) reports on the effects of piston bowl geometry on the combustion and emission characteristics of a diesel engine fueled with biodiesel under medium load condition in a paper in the journal Fuel.
The team investigated three different bowl geometries in its numerical study: Hemispherical Combustion Chamber (HCC), Shallow depth Combustion Chamber (SCC), and the baseline Omega Combustion Chamber (OCC). All used the same compression ratio of 18.5.
Volvo recalls 2011 and 2012 S60 vehicles
Volvo is recalling certain model year 2011 and 2012 S60 vehicles manufactured June 22, 2010, through May 14, 2012, and equipped with 5-cylinder B5254T5 (VIN code 62) engines, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Connecticut to crack down on ice-flinging trucks
As of Jan. 1, law requires trucks who head out on Connecticut roads to first have snow mounds and caked-on ice cleared from vehicles.
When motorists become alarmed by gusts of snow or sheets of ice flying off trucks on Connecticut roadways, they’ll have a remedy: Call the police.
US biodiesel production hits high in October says EIA
U.S. biodiesel production hit a record high in October, according to the Energy Information Administration. New EIA figures show 132 million gallons of biodiesel was produced in October, up from around 127 million gallons in September.
