Experimental and theoretical investigation of the effects of gasoline blends on single-cylinder diesel engine performance and exhaust emissions

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 3201-3212

  Sahin Z ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DATA COMPRESSION; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES; ENGINES; EXPERIMENTS; FUELS; GASOLINE; IGNITION; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LIQUID FUELS; MACHINE DESIGN; NITRIC OXIDE; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; SMOKE; SPEED; STEEL METALLURGY; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

CETANE NUMBER; CO AND NO; COMBUSTION DURATION; COMBUSTION MODELLING; COMBUSTION TEMPERATURES; COMPRESSION RATIOS; COMPUTER PROGRAMS; DIESEL ENGINE CYCLES; DIESEL FUEL BLENDS; ENGINE COMPRESSION; ENGINE CYCLE MODEL; ENGINE SPEEDS; EXHAUST EMISSIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GASOLINE BLENDING; HIGH SPEEDS; IGNITION DELAYS; MOLE FRACTIONS; NO CONCENTRATION; POWER OUTPUTS; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; SINGLE-CYLINDER DIESEL ENGINES; SPECIFIC FUEL CONSUMPTION;

ENGINE CYLINDERS;

EID: 53849113363     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef800236y     Document Type: Article

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