Laser ignition of natural gas engines using fiber delivery

2005 Fall Technical Conference of the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 633-641

  Yalin, Azer P ^a   Defoort, Morgan W ^a   Joshi, Sachin ^a   Olsen, Daniel ^a   Willson, Bryan ^a   Matsuura, Yuji ^b   Miyagi, Mitsunobu ^b  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fiber optics; Flame propagation; Gas engine; Laser beam energy; Laser ignition; Vibration

Indexed keywords

CYANIDES; FIBER OPTICS; IGNITION; LASER APPLICATIONS;

FLAME PROPAGATION; LASER BEAM ENERGY; LASER IGNITION;

GAS ENGINES;

EID: 32844470615     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/icef2005-1336     Document Type: Conference Paper

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