A numerical study of natural gas combustion in a lean burn engine

Fuel

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1339-1347

  Zhang, Dehong ^a   Frankel, Steven H ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Natural gas engines; Numerical modeling; Turbulent combustion

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS ENGINES; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; TURBULENCE;

NATURAL GAS COMBUSTION; TURBULENT COMBUSTION;

NATURAL GAS;

EID: 0032187949     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-2361(98)00048-9     Document Type: Article

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