Extending the lean limit of natural-gas engines

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Evans, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAKE SPECIFIC FUEL CONSUMPTION; CYCLIC VARIATIONS; CYLINDER PRESSURES; GAS-FUELED ENGINES; LEAN MIXTURES; RICARDO; STRATIFIED-CHARGE COMBUSTION; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; TURBULENCE GENERATION;

COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GAS EMISSIONS; IGNITION;

GAS ENGINES;

EID: 77955316696     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3043814     Document Type: Article

References (10)

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2. Evans, R. L., 1986, "Internal Combustion Engine Squish Jet Combustion Chamber," U.S. Patent No. 4,572,123.
3. Evans, R. L. and Cameron, C., 1986, "A New Combustion Chamber for Fast Burn Applications," SAE Paper No. 860319.
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6. Evans, R. L., "Combustion Chamber Design for a Lean-Burn SI Engine," SAE Paper No. 921545, 1992.
7. Goetz, W., Evans, R. L., and Duggal, V., 1993, " ast Burn Combustion Chamber Development for Natural Gas Engines," Proceedings of the Windsor Workshop on Alternative Fuels, pp. 577-601.
8. Evans, R. L., 2000, "A Control Method for Spark Ignition Engines," U.S. Patent No. 6,032,640.
9. Reynolds, C., and Evans, R. L., 2004, "The Low Nox Potential of Partially Stratified-Charge Combustion in a Natural Gas Engine," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute/Canadian Section, Spring Technical Meeting, Kingston, ON, Canada, May 9-12.
10. Reynolds, C., and Evans, R. L., 2004, "Improving Emissions and Performance Characteristics of Lean Burn Natural Gas Engines Through Partial-Stratification," Int. J. Engine Res., 5(1), pp. 105-114.