Experimental investigation on the effect of intake air temperature and air-fuel ratio on cycle-to-cycle variations of HCCI combustion and performance parameters

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1153-1163

  Maurya, Rakesh Kumar ^a   Agarwal, Avinash Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Coefficient of variation (COV); Combustion stability; Cycle to cycle variation; Ethanol; Homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI)

Indexed keywords

AIR ENGINES; AIR INTAKES; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINES; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINES; ETHANOL; FUELS; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES;

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; COMBUSTION STABILITY; CYCLE TO CYCLE VARIATION; ENGINE OPERATING CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HOMOGENEOUS CHARGE COMPRESSION IGNITION; INDICATED MEAN EFFECTIVE PRESSURE; MAXIMUM RATE OF PRESSURE RISE;

IGNITION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COMBUSTION; ENGINE; ETHANOL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HIGH PRESSURE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 78650531883     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.09.027     Document Type: Article

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