Experimental study of hydrous ethanol gasoline blend (E10) in a four stroke port fuel-injected spark ignition engine

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 638-644

  Venugopal, T ^a   Sharma, Ankit ^a   Satapathy, Subhasish ^a   Ramesh, A ^a   Gajendra Babu, M K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Alcohol fuels; Alternative fuels; Cycle by cycle variation; Emission control; Ethanol blends

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; CYCLE BY CYCLE VARIATION; EMISSIONS AND COMBUSTION; ETHANOL BLEND; ETHANOL GASOLINE BLEND; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; INDICATED MEAN EFFECTIVE PRESSURE; PART LOAD CONDITIONS;

ALCOHOL FUELS; ALTERNATIVE FUELS; COMBUSTION; EMISSION CONTROL; ETHANOL;

GASOLINE;

EID: 84876496684     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.1957     Document Type: Article

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