Ethanol detection in flex-fuel direct injection engines using in-cylinder pressure measurements

SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 229-241

  Oliverio, Nestor ^a   Stefanopoulou, Anna ^a   Jiang, Li ^b   Yilmaz, Hakan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ROBERT BOSCH GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COOLING; COMPRESSION STROKE; CYLINDER PRESSURES; DIRECT INJECTION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLEX-FUEL; FUEL ETHANOL; INTAKE AND EXHAUST; OPERATING PARAMETERS; RAIL PRESSURES; TURBOCHARGED ENGINE; VALVE TIMING; VARIABLE VALVE TIMING;

ETHANOL; FUELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE SENSORS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

DIESEL ENGINES;

EID: 77953157913     PISSN: 19463952     EISSN: 19463960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2009-01-0657     Document Type: Article

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