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Alternative Propulsion for Automobiles

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Transformation of the chemical energy of a fuel with the general structure CmHnOp is possible in two ways:

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Stan, C. (2017). Alternative Fuels. In: Alternative Propulsion for Automobiles. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31930-8_3

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