Combustion characteristics of a compression ignition engine fuelled with diesel-ethanol blends

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

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 265-274

  Li, W ^a   Ren, Y ^a   Wang, X B ^a   Miao, H ^a   Jiang, D M ^a   Huang, Z H ^a,b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blends; Combustion; Diesel; Diesel engine; Ethanol

Indexed keywords

ETHANOL; HEAT EXCHANGERS; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

ENGINE SPEED; IGNITION DELAY;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 41849086690     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544070JAUTO496     Document Type: Article

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