Combustion monitoring of lean-burn gas engines with ion feedback

Proceedings of the 2004 Fall Technical Conference of the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 61-67

  Tozzi, Luigi ^a   Benson, Kelly ^a   Viele, Matthew ^a  

^a Woodward Governor Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION KNOCK; DATA ACQUISITION; DETONATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENGINE CYLINDERS; HYDROCARBONS; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; IONIZATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSDUCERS;

AIR-FUEL RATIO; ION FEEDBACK; LEAN-BURN GAS ENGINES; SIGNAL RECOGNITION;

GAS ENGINES;

EID: 14044260598     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/icef2004-0914     Document Type: Conference Paper

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