Effects of fuel injection timing on combustion and emission characteristics of a diesel engine fueled with diesel-propane blends

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1504-1510

  Ma, Zhihao ^a,b   Huang, Zuohua ^a   Li, Chongxiao ^a   Wang, Xinbin ^a   Miao, Haiyan ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; DIESEL FUELS; FUEL INJECTION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PROPANE;

DIESEL-PROPANE BLENDS; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; FUEL INJECTION TIMING; HEAT RELEASE RATE;

DIESEL ENGINES;

EID: 34250165800     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef060574a     Document Type: Article

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