Premixed mixture ignition in the end-gas region (PREMIER) combustion in a natural gas dual-fuel engine: Operating range and exhaust emissions

International Journal of Engine Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 484-497

  Azimov, U ^a   Tomita, E ^a   Kawahara, N ^a   Harada, Y ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Combustion spectroscopy; Cyclic variations; Dual fuel engine; End gas autoignition; Fast Fourier transform

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION CYCLE; COMBUSTION DYNAMICS; COMBUSTION MODE; CONVENTIONAL COMBUSTIONS; CRANK ANGLE; CYCLIC VARIATIONS; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; END-GAS AUTOIGNITION; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; EXHAUST EMISSION; EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION RATES; FUEL COMBUSTION; HEAT RELEASE; HIGH LOAD; INDICATED MEAN EFFECTIVE PRESSURE; KNOCKING COMBUSTION; NATURAL GAS FLAMES; OPERATING PARAMETERS; OPERATING RANGES; PILOT FUEL; PREMIXED; SOOT PARTICLES; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; TOTAL HYDROCARBONS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; ENGINES; EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS FUEL ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBONS; MIXTURES; NATURAL GAS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

IGNITION;

EID: 80052178500     PISSN: 14680874     EISSN: 20413149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468087411409664     Document Type: Article

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