Determination of TDC in internal combustion engines by a newly developed thermodynamic approach

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 14-15, 2010, Pages 1914-1926

  Pipitone, Emiliano ^a   Beccari, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compression ignition engine; Spark ignition engine; TDC; Top dead centre determination

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINE; CHARACTERISTIC MEASUREMENTS; COMBUSTION MONITORING; COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE; CRANK ANGLE DEGREES; CYLINDER PRESSURE SENSOR; CYLINDER PRESSURES; DYNAMIC MEASUREMENT; EMISSION LIMITS; FRICTION PRESSURE; HEAT RELEASE RATES; IN-CYLINDER PRESSURE ANALYSIS; INDICATED MEAN EFFECTIVE PRESSURE; INDISPENSABLE TOOLS; INTERNAL COMBUSTION; MASS FRACTION; PISTON MOVEMENT; SPARK IGNITION ENGINES; THERMODYNAMIC METHODS; TOP DEAD CENTRES;

COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC SPARKS; ENGINE PISTONS; ENGINES; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE SENSORS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ENGINE CYLINDERS;

EID: 77955468010     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2010.04.012     Document Type: Article

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