Development of a fiber delivered laser ignition system for natural gas engines

Proceedings of the Spring Technical Conference of the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 117-122

  Yalin, Azer P ^a   Reynolds, Adam R ^a   Joshi, Sachin ^a   Defoort, Morgan W ^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; Multiplexing

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; GAS ENGINES; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER PULSES; MULTIPLEXING; NATURAL GAS;

FLAME PROPAGATION; LASER BEAM ENERGY; LASER IGNITION;

IGNITION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33749266390     PISSN: 15296598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICES2006-1370     Document Type: Conference Paper

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