Combustion characteristics of a charcoal slurry in a direct injection diesel engine and the impact on the injection system performance

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4353-4371

  Soloiu, Valentin ^a   Lewis, Jeffery ^a   Yoshihara, Yoshinobu ^b   Nishiwaki, Kazuie ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Charcoal slurry; Combustion characteristics; Diesel engine; Injection system performance

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; CALORIFIC VALUE; CHARCOAL; DEPOSITS; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; EMULSIFICATION; ENGINES; IGNITION; INVESTMENTS; JET PUMPS; OXYGEN; SLURRIES; THERMOANALYSIS;

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; BRAKE MEAN EFFECTIVE PRESSURES; CEDAR WOOD; COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; COMBUSTION PRESSURE; DIESEL OIL; DIRECT INJECTION DIESEL ENGINES; EMISSIONS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE; ENGINE EFFICIENCY; EXHAUST TEMPERATURE; GENERATING PLANTS; GOOD COMPATIBILITY; HEAT RELEASE; HIGH-CALORIFIC-VALUE; IGNITION DELAYS; INJECTION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE; INJECTION SYSTEMS; INJECTION TIMING; INTERNAL FLOWS; LOWER HEATING VALUE; MAXIMUM COMBUSTION TEMPERATURE; NORMAL OPERATIONS; OPERATIONAL CYCLE; OXYGEN CONTENT; PARTICULATE MATTER FORMATIONS; RESEARCH RESULTS; SHARP INCREASE; SLURRY FUEL; SOOT RADIATION; SPRAY ATOMIZATION; TOP DEAD CENTER; VAPORIZATION RATE;

DIRECT INJECTION;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; CHARCOAL; COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINE; FOSSIL FUEL; PARTICLE SIZE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SLURRY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79959377519     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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