Numerical-experimental comparison of the performance of a partially stratified charge natural gas fuelled engine

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

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 347-361

  Andreassi, Luca ^a   Cordiner, Stefano ^a   Mulone, Vincenzo ^a   Reynolds, C ^b   Evans, R L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUEL ECONOMY; GAS ENGINES; GAS FUELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL GAS; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; STOICHIOMETRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMBUSTION MODEL; COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS (CNG); GAS FUELLED ENGINES; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) SIMULATION;

STRATIFIED CHARGE ENGINES;

EID: 14044265076     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/icef2004-0912     Document Type: Conference Paper

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