Compressed natural gas as an alternative fuel for internal combustion engines: A technical review

International Review of Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 188-195

  Semin, ^a   Bakar, Rosli A ^b   Ismail, Abdul R ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Alternative fuel; CNG engine; Compressed natural gas

Indexed keywords

EID: 71549119506     PISSN: 19708734     EISSN: 25325655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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