Experimental and numerical study of the influence of temperature heterogeneities on self-ignition process of methane-air mixtures in a rapid compression machine

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 180, Issue 10-11, 2008, Pages 1829-1857

  Strozzi, Camille ^a   Sotton, Julien ^a   Mura, Arnaud ^a   Bellenoue, Marc ^a  

^a ENSMA   (France)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI); Probability density function (PDF); Rapid compression machine (RCM); Self ignition

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR ENGINES; DATA COMPRESSION; EXPERIMENTS; METHANE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; THERMOANALYSIS;

HEAT TRANSFER; HOMOGENEOUS CHARGE COMPRESSION IGNITION (HCCI); PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION (PDF); RAPID COMPRESSION MACHINE (RCM); SELF-IGNITION;

IGNITION;

EID: 53349174519     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: 1563521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200802260656     Document Type: Conference Paper

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