Prediction of combustion parameters, performance, and emissions in compressed natural gas and gasoline SI engines

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Baratta, Mirko ^a   Catania, Andrea E ^a   d'Ambrosio, Stefano ^a   Spessa, Ezio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIESEL ENGINES; ENERGY RESOURCES; ENGINES; FLAMMABILITY; FRACTALS; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; GASOLINE; HEAT ENGINES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODULATION; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GASOLINE; SMOKE; SPEED; THEOREM PROVING; THERMOCHEMISTRY; TURBULENCE;

ACCURATE PREDICTIONS; BIFUEL ENGINES; BURNING SPEEDS; COMBUSTION PARAMETERS; COMBUSTION PHASE; COMPRESSED NATURAL GASSES; COMPUTATIONAL CODES; CYLINDER PRESSURES; DIAGNOSTICS TECHNIQUES; ENGINE PERFORMANCES; ENGINE SPEEDS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; FLAME FRONTS; FLAME KERNELS; FLAME PROPAGATION SPEEDS; FRACTAL APPROACHES; FRACTAL GEOMETRIES; FUEL COMPOSITIONS; FUEL RATIOS; HEAT RELEASES; LAMINAR BURNING; NATURALLY ASPIRATED; OPERATING CONDITIONS; POLLUTANT FORMATIONS; PREDICTION MODELS; PREDICTIVE TOOLS; SI ENGINES; TURBULENCE INTERACTIONS;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 57749208145     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2943193     Document Type: Article

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