A comprehensive investigation on the emissions of ethanol HCCI engines

Applied Energy

Volumn 93, Issue , 2012, Pages 277-287

  Viggiano, Annarita ^a   Magi, Vinicio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emissions; Ethanol; HCCI engines; Kinetic reaction mechanism; Multidimensional simulation; Performance

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; ETHANOL; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AUTOMOTIVE TRANSPORT; CO EMISSIONS; ETHANOL OXIDATION; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; GRID RESOLUTION; HCCI COMBUSTION; HCCI ENGINE; HCCI ENGINES; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); INHOMOGENEITIES; KINETIC REACTION MECHANISM; KINETIC REACTIONS; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL APPROACH; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; PERFORMANCE; POWER BOOSTING; RENEWABLE FUELS; SPECIFIC FUEL CONSUMPTION; SWIRL MOTION; TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTION; THERMO-PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

ETHANOL FUELS;

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ETHANOL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; INHOMOGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PETROLEUM; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; REACTION KINETICS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EID: 84858000246     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.12.063     Document Type: Article

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