An experimental investigation on the use of EGR in a supercharged natural gas SI engine

Fuel

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1721-1730

  Ibrahim, Amr ^a   Bari, Saiful ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

EGR; Inlet pressure; Natural gas; NO; SI engine

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL COMBUSTION; AIR FUEL MIXTURES; COMBUSTION TECHNIQUE; EGR; EMISSION STANDARD; ENGINE BRAKES; ENGINE FUELS; ENGINE PERFORMANCE; EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION TECHNIQUES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; INLET CONDITIONS; INLET PRESSURES; LEAN BURN; NO EMISSIONS; SI ENGINES; SPARK IGNITION ENGINES;

COMBUSTION; ELECTRIC SPARKS; ENGINES; GASES; MACHINE DESIGN; NATURAL GAS;

GAS ENGINES;

EID: 77951253412     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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