Studying combustion and cyclic irregularity of diethyl ether as supplement fuel in diesel engine

Fuel

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 325-335

  Rakopoulos, D C ^a   Rakopoulos, C D ^a   Giakoumis, E G ^a   Dimaratos, A M ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Combustion; Cyclic irregularity; Diesel engine; Diethyl ether blend; Heat release and stochastic analysis

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA HANDLING; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINES; ETHERS; FUELS; GRAPHIC METHODS; IGNITION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUALITY CONTROL; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; CROSS-CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CYCLIC IRREGULARITY; DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING SYSTEMS; DIETHYL ETHER BLENDS; FLUCTUATION PHENOMENA; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS;

DIRECT INJECTION;

EID: 84879125311     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2013.01.012     Document Type: Article

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