Combustion performance of methane, iso-octane, toluene and methanol in a spark-ignition engine

Journal of the Institute of Energy

Volumn 72, Issue 493, 1999, Pages 157-164

  Spencer, A ^b   Stone, R ^a   Lim, E P ^b   Simonini, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS EMISSIONS; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; METHANE; METHANOL FUELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; TOLUENE;

FOUR-VALVE PENT-ROOF COMBUSTION SYSTEMS; ISO-OCTANE;

IGNITION;

EID: 0033279120     PISSN: 01442600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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