Puddle dynamics and air-to-fuel ratio compensation for gasoline-ethanol blends in flex-fuel engines

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1241-1253

  Ahn, Kyung Ho ^a   Stefanopoulou, Anna G ^a   Jankovic, Mrdjan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air to fuel ratio (AFR) control; evaporation; flex fuel vehicles (FFVs); fuel dynamics; gasoline ethanol blend; multi component fuel

Indexed keywords

FLEX-FUEL; FUEL DYNAMICS; FUEL RATIO; GASOLINE-ETHANOL BLEND; MULTICOMPONENT FUEL;

AIR ENGINES; ALTERNATIVE FUELS; AUTOMOBILE ENGINES; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; DROP FORMATION; DYNAMICS; ETHANOL; EVAPORATION; FUEL PURIFICATION; GASOLINE; VEHICLES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 78049257462     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2009.2035441     Document Type: Article

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