Efficiency improvement and NOx emission reduction potentials of two-stage turbocharged Miller cycle for stationary natural gas engines

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 189-216

  Kesgin, Ugur ^a  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Gas engine; NOx emissions; Two stage turbocharged Miller cycle

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL GAS; REACTION KINETICS;

ENGINE RESEARCH; MILLER CYCLES; REACTION KINETIC MODELS; TURBOCHARGING;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

EFFICIENCY; GAS ENGINE; NITROGEN OXIDE; TURBOCHARGED ENGINE;

EID: 14044264958     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.1048     Document Type: Article

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