Basic characteristics of direct injection combustion fuelled with compressed natural gas and gasoline using a rapid compression machine

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

Volumn 217, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1031-1038

  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; Natural gas; Spark ignition; Stratified combustion

Indexed keywords

GAS EMISSIONS; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBONS; IGNITION; NATURAL GAS;

DIRECT INJECTION COMBUSTION; GASOLINE DIRECT INJECTION; RAPID COMPRESSION MACHINE; STRATIFIED COMBUSTION;

AUTOMOBILE ENGINES;

EID: 0842348130     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440703770383929     Document Type: Article

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