Combustion and emission characteristics of alcohol fuels in a CAI engine

Fuel

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 386-397

  Tongroon, Manida ^a   Zhao, Hua ^b  

^a NATIONAL METAL AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Thailand)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Chemiluminescence; Controlled auto ignition; Ethanol; Methanol

Indexed keywords

AUTO-IGNITION; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMAGING; COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; CONTROLLED AUTO-IGNITION COMBUSTIONS; CONTROLLED AUTOIGNITION; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; EXHAUST EMISSION; FLAME KERNEL; GASOLINE FUELS; HEAT RELEASE; HIGH REPETITION; IGNITION TIMING; MARGINAL EFFECTS; NEGATIVE VALVE OVERLAP; OXYGENATED FUEL; RESIDUAL GAS;

ALCOHOLS; CHEMILUMINESCENCE; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; ELECTRIC SPARKS; ETHANOL; FUELS; GASOLINE; METHANOL;

IGNITION;

EID: 84870406700     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2012.10.036     Document Type: Article

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