Performance analysis of a natural gas generator using laser ignition

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

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 857-863

  Biruduganti, Munidhar S ^a   Gupta, Sreenath B ^a   Bihari, Bipin ^a   Klett, Gregory ^a   Sekar, Raj ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IGNITION; LASER APPLICATIONS; NATURAL GAS; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; RELIABILITY;

COMBUSTION CONTROL; COMPRESSION IGNITION (CI); IGNITION TIMING; SPARK GAPS;

ENGINES;

EID: 14044263520     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/icef2004-0983     Document Type: Conference Paper

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