Investigation of diesel engine operating and injection system parameters for low noise, emissions, and fuel consumption using Taguchi methods

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

Volumn 219, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1237-1251

  Win, Z ^a   Gakkhar, R P ^b   Jain, S C ^b   Bhattacharya, M ^b  

^a Department of Computer Engineering and Information Technology   (Myanmar)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Diesel engine; Engine noise; Exhaust emission; Injection parameters; Taguchi design of experiment

Indexed keywords

BRAKES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; FUEL ECONOMY; FUEL INJECTION; NOZZLES; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

ENGINE NOISE; EXHAUST EMISSIONS; INJECTION PARAMETERS; TAGUCHI DESIGN OF EXPERIMENT;

DIESEL ENGINES;

EID: 27444441590     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: 09544070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440705X34865     Document Type: Article

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