Cycle-by-cycle variations in a spark ignition engine fueled with natural gas-hydrogen blends combined with EGR

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 8405-8414

  Huang, Bin ^a   Hu, Erjiang ^a   Huang, Zuohua ^a   Zheng, Jianjun ^a   Liu, Bing ^a   Jiang, Deming ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cycle by cycle variations; EGR; Hydrogen; Natural gas; Spark ignition engine

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; COMBUSTION STABILITY; CRANK ANGLE; CYCLE BY CYCLE VARIATION; CYCLE-BY-CYCLE VARIATIONS; EGR; ENGINE SPEED; EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION; FUEL BLENDS; INDICATED MEAN EFFECTIVE PRESSURE; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PEAK PRESSURE; RATE OF PRESSURE; SPARK IGNITION ENGINE; SPARK IGNITION ENGINES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ELECTRIC SPARKS; ENGINES; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; HYDROGEN; NATURAL GAS;

ENGINE CYLINDERS;

EID: 70349223715     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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