Performance and emission characteristics of an SI engine operated with DME blended LPG fuel

Fuel

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1009-1015

  Lee, Seokhwan ^a   Oh, Seungmook ^a   Choi, Young ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Machine and Materials   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alternative fuel; Blended fuel; DME (di methyl ether); LPG (liquified petroleum gas); SI (spark ignition)

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; CARBON MONOXIDE; ELECTRIC SPARKS; ENGINES; ETHERS; FUELS; HYDROCARBONS; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; SYNTHETIC FUELS;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; BLENDED FUEL; DME (DI-METHYL ETHER); LPG (LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS); SI (SPARK IGNITION);

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

EID: 60449093137     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2008.12.016     Document Type: Article

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