An experimental and numerical analysis of the influence of the inlet temperature, equivalence ratio and compression ratio on the HCCI auto-ignition process of Primary Reference Fuels in an engine

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1218-1226

  Machrafi, Hatim ^a   Cavadiasa, Simeon ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Auto ignition; Compression ratio; Equivalence ratio; HCCI engine; Inlet temperature; Kinetic mechanism

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION RATIO (MACHINERY); HEPTANE; IGNITION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TOLUENE;

AUTO-IGNITION; COMPRESSION RATIO; EQUIVALENCE RATIO; HCCI ENGINE; INLET TEMPERATURE; KINETIC MECHANISM;

DATA COMPRESSION;

EID: 54149096508     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2008.05.019     Document Type: Article

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