Performance and emission characteristics of LPG powered four stroke SI engine under variable stroke length and compression ratio

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1193-1201

  Ozcan, Hakan ^a   Yamin, Jehad A A ^b  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Exhaust emissions; LPG engine; Performance; SI engine; Variable compression ratio

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUEL ECONOMY; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TORQUE;

EXHAUST EMISSIONS; LPG ENGINE; SI ENGINE; VARIABLE COMPRESSION RATIO;

INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES;

EID: 40749160844     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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