Analysis of the Rotating Arc Plug in a natural gas

2005 Fall Technical Conference of the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 595-599

  Tassitano, Jim ^a   Parks II, James E ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDICATED MEAN EFFECTIVE PRESSURE (IMEP); LEAN MIXTURES;

COSTS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FUEL ECONOMY; MIXTURES; PERMANENT MAGNETS;

GAS ENGINES;

EID: 32844456620     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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