Dynamics of cycle-to-cycle variations in a natural gas direct-injection spark-ignition engine

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2324-2334

  Sen, Asok K ^a   Zheng, Jianjun ^b   Huang, Zuohua ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cycle to cycle variations; Direct injection; Natural gas; Spark ignition; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; ELECTRIC SPARKS; ENGINES; NATURAL GAS; TIME SERIES; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

COMBUSTION DURATION; COMPRESSION RATIOS; CONTINUOUS WAVELET TRANSFORM; CROSS-WAVELET TRANSFORM; CYCLE-TO-CYCLE VARIATIONS; DIRECT INJECTION SPARK IGNITION ENGINES; DOMINANT OSCILLATORY MODES; ENGINE SPEED; FLAME DEVELOPMENT; INDICATED MEAN EFFECTIVE PRESSURE; MULTI-SCALE DYNAMICS; SPARK IGNITION; SPECTRAL POWER; TIME-SCALES;

DIRECT INJECTION;

COMBUSTION; ENGINE; NATURAL GAS; TIME SERIES; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952440035     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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