Exhaust emissions and energy release rates from a controlled spark ignition engine using ethanol blends

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 221, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 933-941

  Varde, K ^a   Jones, A ^a   Knutsen, A ^a   Mertz, D ^a   Yu, P ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Combustion; Ethanol gasoline blends; Exhaust emissions; Spark ignition engine

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS; ENERGY RELEASE RATE; EXHAUST GASES; GASOLINE; POLYMER BLENDS;

ETHANOL BLENDS; ETHANOL-GASOLINE BLENDS; EXHAUST EMISSIONS; LIGHT-DUTY VEHICLES;

INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES;

EID: 34748893023     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544070JAUTO179     Document Type: Review

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