Study on the injection process of a direct-injection diesel engine fuelled with dimethyl ether

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

Volumn 218, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1341-1347

  Zhang, G D ^a   Liu, H ^b   Xia, X X ^a   Yang, Q L ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DI diesel engines; Dimethyl ether; Fuel injection process

Indexed keywords

ETHERS; EVAPORATION; FUEL ECONOMY; FUEL INJECTION; NOZZLES; ORIFICES;

DIMETHYL ETHER (DME); DIRECT-INJECTION (DI) DIESEL ENGINES; FUEL INJECTION PROCESS; NEEDLE LIFT;

DIESEL ENGINES;

EID: 10444238014     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954407042580129     Document Type: Article

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