Characterisation of flame development with ethanol, butanol, iso-octane, gasoline and methane in a direct-injection spark-ignition engine

Fuel

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 256-278

  Aleiferis, P G ^a   Serras Pereira, J ^a   Richardson, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JAGUAR LAND ROVER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Butanol; Combustion; Ethanol; Iso Octane; Methane

Indexed keywords

BUTENES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMILUMINESCENCE; COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINES; ENGINES; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; FUELS; GASOLINE; IGNITION; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; METHANE; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; POLYOLS;

CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; DIRECT INJECTION SPARK IGNITION ENGINES; DIRECT-INJECTION SPARK IGNITIONS; ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY; FLAME-CHEMILUMINESCENCE; ISO-OCTANE; TURBULENT BURNING VELOCITIES;

DIRECT INJECTION;

EID: 84879117035     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2012.12.088     Document Type: Article

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