Performance of an evaporator for a LPG powered vehicle

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 8-9, 2004, Pages 1179-1194

  Price, Philip ^a,c   Guo, Shengmin ^a   Hirschmann, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

^c Dunton Technical Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative fuel control module; Liquefied petroleum gas; Necam evaporator; Wobbe index

Indexed keywords

CALORIFIC VALUE; COOLANTS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ENERGY TRANSFER; HEATING; INTAKE SYSTEMS; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMOCOUPLES; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL CONTROL MODULES; NECAM EVAPORATOR; WOBBE INDEX;

EVAPORATORS;

EID: 1842471999     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2003.11.028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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