Hydrogen enriched compressed natural gas - A futuristic fuel for internal combustion engines

Thermal Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1145-1154

  Nanthagopal, Kasianantham ^a   Subbarao, Rayapati ^b   Elango, Thangavelu ^a   Baskar, Ponnusamy ^a   Annamalai, Kandasamy ^c  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^c ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alternative fuels; Combustion and emission; Hydrogen enriched compressed natural gas; Natural gas; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858760442     PISSN: 03549836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/TSCI100730044N     Document Type: Article

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