A novel spark-plug for improved ignition in engines with gasoline direct injection (GDI)

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 33, Issue 5 II, 2005, Pages 1696-1702

  Linkenheil, Klaus ^a   Ruoß, Hans Oliver ^a   Grau, Thomas ^a   Seidel, Jürgen ^a   Heinrich, Wolfgang ^b  

^a ROBERT BOSCH GMBH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR HÖCHSTFREQUENZTECHNIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automotive applications; Coaxial resonator; Microwave plasma; Plasma torch; Spark plug

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE ENGINES; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; FUEL INJECTION; GASOLINE; IGNITION SYSTEMS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; PLASMA TORCHES; SPARK PLUGS;

COAXIAL MICROWAVE RESONATOR; GASOLINE DIRECT INJECTION (GDI); MICROWAVE PLASMA;

PLASMA SOURCES;

EID: 27644519282     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2005.856409     Document Type: Article

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