Effect of injection and ignition timings on performance and emissions from a spark-ignition engine fueled with methanol

Fuel

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3919-3925

  Li, Jun ^a,b   Gong, Chang Ming ^a   Su, Yan ^a   Dou, Hui Li ^b   Liu, Xun Jun ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b China First Automobile Works Group Corporation   (China)

Author keywords

Emission; Ignition timing; Injection timing; Performance; Spark ignition methanol engine

Indexed keywords

EMISSION; IGNITION TIMING; INJECTION TIMING; PERFORMANCE; SPARK-IGNITION METHANOL ENGINE;

ELECTRIC SPARKS; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINES; FUEL ADDITIVES; MACHINE DESIGN; METHANOL; OPTIMIZATION; STRATIFIED CHARGE ENGINES; TIME MEASUREMENT;

IGNITION;

EID: 77956614163     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2010.06.038     Document Type: Article

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