Properties, performance, and emissions of methanol-gasoline blends in a spark ignition engine

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

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 405-412

  Qi, D H ^a   Liu, Sh Q ^a   Liu, J C ^a   Zhang, Ch H ^a   Bian, Y Zh ^a  

^a CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Critical phase separation temperature (CPST); Ethanol; Exhaust emissions; Methanol gasoline blends; Spark ignition engine

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ETHANOL; EXHAUST GASES; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GAS EMISSIONS; GASOLINE; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHASE SEPARATION; SEPARATION; VOLUME FRACTION;

CRITICAL PHASE SEPARATION TEMPERATURE (CPST); EXAHST EMISSIONS; METHANOL-GASOLINE BLENDS; NITROGEN OXIDES EMISSIONS;

METHANOL;

EID: 15544362893     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440705X6659     Document Type: Article

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