Lean SI engines: The role of combustion variability in defining lean limits

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn 15, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Ayala, Ferrán A ^a   Heywood, John B ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE ENGINES; DATA COMPRESSION RATIO; EFFICIENCY; ENGINE CYLINDERS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; TURBULENCE;

COMBUSTION BEHAVIOR; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; COMBUSTION VARIABILITY; CYLINDER PRESSURE DATA; EFFECT OF HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH COMPRESSION RATIO; LAMINAR FLAME SPEED; MICRO-SCALE STRUCTURES;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 79959541619     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2007-24-0030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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