A study of mechanical variable valve operation with gasoline-alcohol fuels in a spark ignition engine

Fuel

Volumn 106, Issue , 2013, Pages 802-813

  Cairns, Alasdair ^a   Zhao, Hua ^a   Todd, Alan ^b   Aleiferis, Pavlos ^c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Product Group Head   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Butanol; Ethanol; Spark ignition; Variable valve actuation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL FUELS; BUTENES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINES; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; FITS AND TOLERANCES; FUEL ECONOMY; FUELS; GASOLINE; IGNITION; NITROGEN OXIDES;

ENGINE-OUT EMISSIONS; GASOLINE-BUTANOL BLENDS; INTAKE VALVE CLOSINGS; SINGLE-CYLINDER RESEARCH ENGINES; SPARK IGNITION; THERMAL EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS; VARIABLE VALVE ACTUATION; VARIABLE VALVE TIMING;

VALVES (MECHANICAL);

EID: 84875489690     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2012.10.041     Document Type: Article

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