NOX emission from a spark ignition engine using 30% iso-butanol-gasoline blend: Part 1 - Preheating inlet air

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 245-256

  Alasfour, F N ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Air preheating; Iso butanol; NOx emission; Spark ignition engine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL FUELS; COMBUSTION KNOCK; EXHAUST GASES; GAS EMISSIONS; GASOLINE; INTAKE SYSTEMS; NITROGEN OXIDES;

AIR PREHEATING; ISOBUTANOL; MISFIRE;

INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES;

EID: 0032068439     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-4311(97)00081-1     Document Type: Article

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