Combustion characterization of natural gas in a lean burn spark-ignition engine

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 213, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 481-489

  Rousseau, S ^a   Lemoult, B ^a   Tazerout, M ^a  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Cogeneration; Gas engine; Lean combustion; Spark ignition engine; Thermodynamic model; Wiebe function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000749653     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954407991527044     Document Type: Article

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