Investigation of combustion characteristics and emissions in a spark-ignition engine fuelled with natural gas-hydrogen blends

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1026-1034

  Kahraman, Nafiz ^a   Çeper, Bilge ^a   Akansu, S Orhan ^a   Aydin, Kadir ^b  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cylinder pressure; Emission; Hydrogen; Internal combustion engine; Methane

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; COMPRESSION RATIO (MACHINERY); CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ELECTRIC SPARKS; ENGINES; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; HYDROGEN; IGNITION; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); METHANE; NATURAL GAS; NONMETALS; SMOKE; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

AIR RATIO; CO EMISSIONS; COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; COMPRESSION RATIOS; CYLINDER PRESSURE; EMISSION; ENGINE SPEEDS; EXHAUST EMISSIONS; HC EMISSIONS; HYDROGEN MIXTURES; IGNITION ENGINE; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE;

ENGINE CYLINDERS;

EID: 58549105090     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.10.075     Document Type: Article

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