Correlation of ignitability with injection timing for direct injection combustion fuelled with compressed natural gas and gasoline

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

Volumn 217, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 499-506

  Huang, Z ^a   Shiga, S ^b   Ueda, T ^c   Nakamura, H ^b   Ishima, T ^b   Obokata, T ^b   Tsue, M ^d   Kono, M ^d  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NISSAN MOTOR CO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Direct injection; Gasoline; Ignitability; Injection timing; Natural gas

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE ENGINES; FUEL INJECTION; GASOLINE; NATURAL GAS; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE;

DIRECT INJECTION COMBUSTION; INJECTION TIMING; RAPID COMPRESSION MACHINE;

IGNITION;

EID: 0041363312     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440703766518122     Document Type: Article

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