Increasing the signal-to-noise ratio of sparkplug ion sensors through the addition of a potassium acetate fuel additive

Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 3081-3088

  Saxena, S ^a   Chen, J Y ^a   Dibble, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Combustion timing; Fuel additives; HCCI; Ion sensing; Sparkplug

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION TIMINGS; ENGINE POWER OUTPUT; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; HCCI; HEAT RELEASE; HEAT RELEASE RATES; HOMOGENEOUS CHARGE COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINES; ION CONCENTRATIONS; ION PRODUCTION; ION SENSING; ION SIGNALS; ION-SENSORS; METAL ACETATE; POTASSIUM ACETATE; POWER OUT PUT; SIDE EFFECT; SIGNAL TO NOISE; START OF COMBUSTION;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; IGNITION; ION ENGINES; IONS; RESEARCH; SENSORS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

FUEL ADDITIVES;

EID: 79251615158     PISSN: 15407489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proci.2010.07.046     Document Type: Article

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