Combustion behaviors of a direct-injection engine operating on various fractions of natural gas-hydrogen blends

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 15 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 3555-3564

  Wang, Jinhua ^a   Huang, Zuohua ^a   Fang, Yu ^a   Liu, Bing ^a   Zeng, Ke ^a   Miao, Haiyan ^a   Jiang, Deming ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Combustion; Direct injection engine; Emissions; Hydrogen; Natural gas

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; NATURAL GAS; VOLUME FRACTION;

DIRECT INJECTION ENGINE; FUEL BLENDS; HEAT RELEASE CURVE; HYDROGEN FRACTION; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 35248901384     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2007.03.011     Document Type: Article

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