Development and validation of a quasi-dimensional combustion model for SI engines fuelled by HCNG with variable hydrogen fractions

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 4863-4875

  Ma, Fanhua ^a   Wang, Yu ^a   Wang, Mingyue ^a   Liu, Haiquan ^a   Wang, Junjun ^a   Ding, Shangfen ^a   Zhao, Shuli ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

HCNG engine; Laminar burning velocity; Numerical simulation; Quasi dimensional model

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINES; ELECTRIC SPARKS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY RESOURCES; ENGINES; EXPERIMENTS; FLAMMABILITY; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; HYDROGEN; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LIQUID FUELS; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GASOLINE; NONMETALS; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; SMOKE; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

BLENDING RATIOS; HCNG ENGINE; LAMINAR BURNING VELOCITY; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; QUASI-DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

GAS ENGINES;

EID: 51349158214     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.06.068     Document Type: Article

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