PIV and PLIF to evaluate mixture formation in a direct-injection hydrogen-fuelled engine

SAE International Journal of Engines

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 657-668

  Kaiser, Sebastian ^a   White, Christopher M ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CRITICAL PARAMETER; ENGINE OPERATIONS; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; FIELD OF VIEWS; FLUORESCENCE SIGNALS; FUEL JET; HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURES; HYDROGEN CONCENTRATION; HYDROGEN INJECTION; HYDROGEN-FUELLED; IN-CYLINDER FLOWS; IN-CYLINDER MIXING; INHOMOGENEITIES; INJECTION TIMING; INTAKE VALVE CLOSURES; JET PENETRATION; LEADING EDGE; MEAN FLOW; MIXTURE FORMATION; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PLANAR LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; SINGLE-CYLINDER ENGINES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; START OF INJECTIONS; TEMPERATURE CORRECTION; TIP GEOMETRY; VECTOR PLOT;

ACETONE; CALIBRATION; DIESEL ENGINES; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; FUELS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN ENGINES; JET PUMPS; MIXTURES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ENGINE CYLINDERS;

EID: 77953036051     PISSN: 19463936     EISSN: 19463944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2008-01-1034     Document Type: Article

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