Cyclic variations of ignition timing in an HCCI engine

Proceedings of the ASME/IEEE Joint Rail Conference and the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division, Spring Technical Conference 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 405-415

  Shahbakhti, Mahdi ^a   Lupul, Robert ^a   Koch, Charles Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC VARIATIONS; HOMOGENEOUS CHARGE COMPRESSION IGNITION (HCCI) ENGINES; IGNITION TIMING;

COMPRESSION RATIO (MACHINERY); HEPTANE; INTAKE SYSTEMS; RAILROAD ENGINEERING; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

IGNITION SYSTEMS;

EID: 34547927572     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/JRC/ICE2007-40032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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