High swirl-inducing piston bowls in small diesel engines for emission reduction

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2355-2367

  Prasad, B V V S U ^a   Sharma, C S ^a   Anand, T N C ^a   Ravikrishna, R V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Combustion; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); Diesel engine emissions; Injector sac volume; Piston bowl; Swirl

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINE PISTONS; ENGINES; FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; JET PUMPS; KINETIC ENERGY; POLLUTION; TURBULENCE;

AIR MOTION; BASELINE ENGINES; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMBUSTION CHEMISTRY; COMBUSTION SIMULATIONS; DIESEL ENGINE EMISSIONS; EMISSION REDUCTION; INJECTOR SAC VOLUME; PISTON BOWLS; POLLUTANT EMISSION; RE-ENTRANT BOWL; SIMULATION RESULT; SINGLE-CYLINDER DIESEL ENGINE; SMALL DIESEL ENGINE; SWIRL; TOP DEAD CENTRES; TURBULENCE KINETIC ENERGY;

DIESEL ENGINES;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIESEL ENGINE; EMISSION CONTROL; KINETIC ENERGY;

EID: 79952449950     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.12.068     Document Type: Article

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