Improvement of performance and reduction of exhaust emissions by pilot-fuel-injection control in a lean-burning natural-gas dual-fuel engine

SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 243-253

  Ishiyama, Takuji ^a   Kang, Jeongho ^a   Ozawa, Yutaka ^a   Sako, Takahiro ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA GAS CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMON-RAIL INJECTION SYSTEMS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; CYLINDER TESTS; DUAL-FUELS; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; EXHAUST EMISSION; FLAME PROPAGATION; FLAME PROPAGATION SPEED; HEAT RELEASE; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); HIGH THERMAL; INJECTION PRESSURES; INJECTION QUANTITY; INJECTION TIMING; LEAN MIXTURES; LOW EMISSION; LOW NOX EMISSIONS; NOX EMISSIONS; PILOT INJECTION; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; TWO STAGE;

DIESEL ENGINES; ENGINE CYLINDERS; EXPERIMENTS; FUELS; HYDROCARBONS; NITROGEN OXIDES;

GAS EMISSIONS;

EID: 84859312942     PISSN: 19463952     EISSN: 19463960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2011-01-1963     Document Type: Article

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