Experimental investigation of cyclic variations in HCCI combustion parameters for gasoline like fuels using statistical methods

Applied Energy

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 310-323

  Maurya, Rakesh Kumar ^a   Agarwal, Avinash Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Butanol; Cyclic variations; Ethanol; Homogenous charge compression ignition; Methanol; Premixed charge

Indexed keywords

BUTENES; DIESEL ENGINES; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINES; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; FUEL ECONOMY; FUELS; IGNITION; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CYCLE-TO-CYCLE VARIATIONS; CYCLIC VARIATIONS; CYLINDER PRESSURE SIGNALS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HOMOGENEOUS CHARGE COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINES; HOMOGENOUS CHARGE COMPRESSION IGNITION; PREMIXED; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

GASOLINE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALCOHOL; COMBUSTION; CRUDE OIL; CYCLICITY; ENGINE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 84878710897     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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