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Table 1. Properties of biodiesel and diesel (Banapurmath, Tewari, and Hosmath Citation2008).
Table 2. Structure and composition of fatty acids of HOME (Banapurmath, Tewari, and Hosmath Citation2008; Ramalingam et al. Citation2019).
Figure 1. Schematic representation of DSC experimental system
Figure 2. TG-DSC Instrument Make NETZSCH STA 449F3
Figure 3. Stages of combustion in a typical TG-DTG curve
Figure 4. DSC combustion curve for diesel.
Figure 5. DSC combustion curve for HOME.
Figure 6. DSC combustion curve for B-20 HOME.
Table 3.. Reaction region, peak temperature, heat flow and enthalpy in air and oxygen.
Figure 7. TG-DTG curve for diesel.
Figure 8. TG-DTG curve for HOME.
Figure 9. TG-DTG curve for B-20 HOME.
Table 4. Onset, offset temperature, reaction region, maximum decomposition temperature and weight loss in air and oxygen atmosphere.
Figure 10. Activation energy for conversion factor (
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Table 5. Ignition, burnout temperature, DTGmax and Tmax of Diesel, HOME and B-20 HOME in air and oxidative atmosphere.
Table 6. Combustion characteristics of Diesel, HOME and B-20 HOME in air and oxidative atmosphere.