Lean-burn stationary natural gas reciprocating engine operation with a prototype miniature diode side pumped passively Q-switched laser spark plug

Proceedings of the Spring Technical Conference of the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 405-413

  McIntyre, Dustin L ^a,c   Woodruff, Steven D ^a   McMillian, Michael H ^a   Richardson, Steven W ^a   Gautam, Mridul ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b West Virginia University   (United States)

^c MS: N05   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; ENGINE CYLINDERS; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS; Q SWITCHING;

COMBUSTION DATA; DIODE-SIDE-PUMPED; EMISSION DATA; ENGINE OPERATIONS; LASER DESIGNS; LASER SPARK; LASER SYSTEMS; LEAN BURN; PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED LASERS; RECIPROCATING ENGINES;

NATURAL GAS;

EID: 70349089591     PISSN: 15296598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICES2008-1696     Document Type: Conference Paper

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