Investigation of air-fuel ratio control using ionic current signal

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

Volumn 221, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1139-1146

  Wu, X ^a   Li, K ^a   Jiang, D ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air fuel ratio; Constant volume combustion bomb; Control; Ionic signal

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; COMBUSTION; FEEDBACK CONTROL; IGNITION SYSTEMS; STOICHIOMETRY;

AIR FUEL RATIO (AFR); CONTROL LOGIC; IONIC CURRENT SIGNAL;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 37549050474     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544070JAUTO359     Document Type: Article

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