Combustion and emissions characteristics of a dual fuel engine operated on alternative gaseous fuels

Fuel

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 669-678

  Mustafi, Nirendra N ^a   Raine, Robert R ^b   Verhelst, Sebastian ^c  

^a RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biogas; Combustion; Dual fuel engine; Gaseous emissions; Particulate emissions

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BIOGAS; COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; DIRECT INJECTION; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINES; FUELING; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; IGNITION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; DIRECT INJECTION DIESEL ENGINES; EMISSIONS CHARACTERISTICS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); PEAK CYLINDER PRESSURES; RATE OF HEAT RELEASE; UNBURNED HYDROCARBONS;

DUAL FUEL ENGINES;

EID: 84879069977     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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