Study on combustion and emission characteristics of a vehicle engine fuelled with dimethyl ether

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

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 263-269

  Ying, Wang ^a   Longbao, Zhou ^a   Zhongji, Yang ^b   Hongyi, Dong ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Inst of Wu Xi Fuel Pump and Nozzle   (China)

Author keywords

Combustion; Dimethyl ether (DME); Emission; Exhaust gas recirculation; Optimization; Vehicle

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; ETHERS; GAS EMISSIONS; NOZZLES; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AUTOIGNITION; DIMETHYL ETHER (DME); EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION; OCTANE NUMBERS;

INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES;

EID: 14544304000     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440705X6631     Document Type: Conference Paper

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