Study on spark assisted compression ignition (SACI) combustion with positive valve overlap at medium-high load

Applied Energy

Volumn 101, Issue , 2013, Pages 622-633

  Xie, Hui ^a   Li, Le ^a   Chen, Tao ^a   Yu, Weifei ^a   Wang, Xinyan ^a   Zhao, Hua ^a,b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EEGR; Positive valve overlap; SACI combustion

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC SPARKS; EXHAUST GASES; FUEL ECONOMY; INTAKE VALVES; NITROGEN OXIDES; OPTIMIZATION;

COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; COMBUSTION STABILITY; COMBUSTION TIMINGS; COMPRESSION IGNITION; EEGR; EFFICIENT STRATEGY; ENGINE LOAD; EXHAUST VALVE CLOSINGS; GAS EXCHANGE; GASOLINE ENGINES; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); HIGH THERMAL; HOMOGENEOUS CHARGE COMPRESSION IGNITION; LOAD RANGE; LOW NOX EMISSIONS; NOX EMISSIONS; POSITIVE VALVE OVERLAP; PUMPING LOSS; STOICHIOMETRIC OPERATING CONDITIONS; THERMAL STATE; VALVE OPENING;

IGNITION;

COMBUSTION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENGINE; EQUIPMENT COMPONENT; EXHAUST EMISSION; GAS EXCHANGE; HEAT TRANSFER; NITROGEN OXIDES; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUMPING;

EID: 84869880560     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.07.015     Document Type: Article

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