Investigation of the impact of engine injection strategy on the biodiesel NOx effect with a common-rail turbocharged direct injection diesel engine

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 4215-4225

  Ye, Peng ^a   Boehman, André L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTO-IGNITION; BRAKE FUEL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COMMON RAIL; CYLINDER TEMPERATURES; DIESEL COMBUSTION PROCESS; DIRECT INJECTION DIESEL ENGINES; DOMINANT MECHANISM; DOMINATING FACTORS; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; FIXED SPEED; FUEL SPRAYS; FUEL TYPES; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HEAT RELEASE ANALYSIS; INJECTION DURATIONS; INJECTION PARAMETERS; INJECTION PRESSURES; LOCAL TEMPERATURE; METHYL ESTERS; NOX EMISSIONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PREMIXED; PREMIXED COMBUSTION; START OF INJECTIONS; ULTRA LOW SULFUR DIESEL FUELS;

BIODIESEL; COMBUSTION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DIESEL FUELS; ENGINES; ESTERS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXYGEN; SULFUR;

DIESEL ENGINES;

EID: 77955856320     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef1005176     Document Type: Article

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