Reducing the idle speed of an SI CNG engine fueled by HCNG with high hydrogen ratio

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 8698-8703

  He, Yituan ^a,b   Ma, Fanhua ^b   Deng, Jiao ^b   Shao, Yiming ^a   Jian, Xiaochun ^a  

^a CHONGQING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CNG engine; Combustion; Emissions; HCNG; Reduced idle speed

Indexed keywords

CNG ENGINE; EXCESS AIR RATIOS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HCNG; HCNG ENGINE; HYDROGEN RATIO; IDLE SPEED; IGNITION ADVANCE ANGLE; LOW LEVEL;

COMBUSTION; HYDROGEN; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SPEED;

ENGINES;

EID: 84860356844     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.02.062     Document Type: Article

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