Optical investigations of the early combustion phase in spark ignition boosted engines

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 225, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 787-800

  Tornatore, C ^a   Sementa, P ^a   Merola, S S ^a  

^a ISTITUTO MOTORI CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cycle resolved visualization; Early combustion phase; Natural emission spectroscopy; Optical techniques; PFI spark ignition engine

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; IGNITION; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; VISUALIZATION;

CYCLE-RESOLVED; EARLY COMBUSTION PHASE; FUEL INJECTION ENGINES; OPTICAL INVESTIGATION; OPTICAL TECHNIQUE; RETRIEVAL PROCEDURES; THERMO-FLUID DYNAMICS; VISIBLE-WAVELENGTH RANGE;

CYLINDER HEADS;

EID: 80051926830     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2041299110394915     Document Type: Conference Paper

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