Study of cyclic variations of direct-injection combustion fueled with natural gas-hydrogen blends using a constant volume vessel

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 7580-7591

  Wang, Jinhua ^a   Huang, Zuohua ^a   Miao, Haiyan ^a   Wang, Xibin ^a   Jiang, Deming ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cyclic variations; Direct injection combustion; Hydrogen; Natural gas

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; FLOW OF GASES; FUELS; GASES; HYDROGEN; MIXTURES; NATURAL GAS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SUPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS;

COMBUSTION PARAMETERS; CONSTANT-VOLUME VESSEL; CYCLIC VARIATIONS; DIRECT-INJECTION COMBUSTION; INHOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; LEAN-BURN CONDITIONS; MIXTURE STRATIFICATIONS; NATURAL GAS COMBUSTION;

DIRECT INJECTION;

EID: 57549101947     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.09.041     Document Type: Article

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