Combustion characteristics and NOx emissions of a dimethyl-ether-fueled premixed charge compression ignition engine

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 4206-4212

  Kim, Myung Yoon ^a   Lee, Je Hyung ^b   Lee, Chang Sik ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Hyundai Motor Co   (South Korea)

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Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; ETHERS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REDUCTION; SMOKE; SYNTHETIC FUELS; THERMOCHEMISTRY; TIME MEASUREMENT;

COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; CONVENTIONAL COMBUSTIONS; DEAD CENTERS; DIMETHYL ETHERS; EMISSION LEVELS; ENGINE LOADS; ENGINE OUTPUTS; INDICATED MEAN EFFECTIVE PRESSURES; INJECTION STRATEGIES; INJECTION TIMINGS; PCCI COMBUSTIONS; PREMIXED CHARGE COMBUSTIONS; PREMIXED CHARGE COMPRESSION IGNITIONS;

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EID: 57849103655     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef800221g     Document Type: Article

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