Combustion and emission characteristics of a gasoline-dimethyl ether dual-fuel engine

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 226, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1667-1677

  Cha, Junepyo ^a   Kwon, Sangil ^b   Kwon, Seokjoo ^a   Park, Sungwook ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Environmental Research   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gasoline dimethyl ether dual fuel; nanoparticle; pollutant emissions

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DUAL FUEL ENGINES; ETHERS; GASOLINE; GLOBAL WARMING; IGNITION; NANOPARTICLES; NITROGEN OXIDES;

COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE; DIMETHYL ETHERS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GASOLINE DIRECT INJECTION; INDICATED MEAN EFFECTIVE PRESSURE; NITROGEN OXIDE EMISSIONS; POLLUTANT EMISSION; SPLIT INJECTION STRATEGY;

DIRECT INJECTION;

EID: 84875892765     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954407012450122     Document Type: Article

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