Development and assessment of a new methodology for end of combustion detection and its application to cycle resolved heat release analysis in IC engines

Applied Energy

Volumn 98, Issue , 2012, Pages 174-189

  Baratta, Mirko ^a   Misul, Daniela ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calibration; Combustion; Cyclic variability; Engine; Heat release analysis

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; DIESEL ENGINES; ENGINES; GAS ENGINES; HEAT TRANSFER; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NATURAL GAS; TIMING CIRCUITS;

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; COMBUSTION DETECTIONS; COMBUSTION PARAMETERS; CYCLIC VARIABILITIES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HEAT RELEASE ANALYSIS; HEAT TRANSFER CORRELATION; TURBO-CHARGED NATURAL GAS ENGINE;

IGNITION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMBUSTION; ENGINE; HEAT BALANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84862223908     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.03.020     Document Type: Article

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