Performance of a single-cylinder diesel engine using oxygen-enriched intake air at simulated high-altitude conditions

Aerospace Science and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 83-94

  Perez, Peter L ^a   Boehman, Andre L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brake specific fuel consumption; Diesel engine; High altitude; Oxygen enrichment; Response surface methodology; UAVs

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; BRAKE-SPECIFIC FUEL CONSUMPTION; COMBUSTION AIR; COMBUSTION TEMPERATURES; CURRENT TECHNOLOGY; DIRECT-INJECTED DIESEL ENGINE; EFFECT OF OXYGEN; ENGINE LOAD; ENGINE PERFORMANCE; FUEL CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; FUEL INJECTION TIMING; HEAT RELEASE; HIGH ALTITUDE; INTAKE AIR; INTAKE PRESSURE; NATURALLY ASPIRATED; OXYGEN ENRICHMENT; OXYGEN VOLUME; OXYGEN-ENRICHED; OXYGEN-ENRICHED AIR; PEAK CYLINDER PRESSURES; POWER OUT PUT; PURE OXYGEN; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; SHADOW 200; SINGLE-CYLINDER DIESEL ENGINE; THROTTLE VALVE;

AIR INTAKES; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIPED LOCOMOTION; BRAKES; COMBUSTION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DIESEL ENGINES; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINES; FUELS; MACHINE DESIGN; OXYGEN; STEEL METALLURGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITRATION; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); VOLUME FRACTION;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

EID: 75949125086     PISSN: 12709638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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