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Research Article

Performance and exhaust emissions analysis of a diesel engine running on diesel /diethyl ether/biogas as a green fuel

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Pages 9395-9411 | Received 28 Jan 2022, Accepted 01 Sep 2022, Published online: 09 Oct 2022

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