Lean-burn stationary natural gas engine operation with a prototype laser spark plug

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  McIntyre, Dustin L ^a   Woodruff, Steven D ^a   Ontko, John S ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC BI-CONVEX LENS; BOOST PRESSURE; DIODE PUMPS; END-PUMPED; ENGINE SPEED; EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION; FOCUSED INTENSITY; LARGE BORE; LASER SPARK; LEAN BURN; MAXIMUM BRAKE TORQUES; OPTICAL POWER; PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED; PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED LASERS; PUMP SOURCES; SINGLE CYLINDER ENGINE;

ELECTRIC SPARKS; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINES; GAS ENGINES; GASES; IGNITION SYSTEMS; LASER EXCITATION; LENSES; NATURAL GAS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS; Q SWITCHING; TIME MEASUREMENT;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 77955262530     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4000292     Document Type: Article

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