Idle operation with low intake valve lift in a port fuel injected engine

Energies

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2874-2891

  Clenci, Adrian ^a,b   Bîzîiac, Adrian ^c   Podevin, Pierre ^b   Descombes, Georges ^b   Deligant, Michael ^d   Niculescu, Rodica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITESTI   (Romania)

^b Bioinformatique et Chimie Moléculaire   (France)

^c Renault Group Romania   (Romania)

^d DYNFLUID LABORATORY   (France)

Author keywords

Cyclic dispersion; Fuel economy; Idle operation; Intake valve lift law

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR INTAKES; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; ENGINES; FLOW VELOCITY; FUEL ECONOMY; FUEL PURIFICATION; FUELS; IGNITION;

CUSTOMER DEMANDS; CYCLIC DISPERSION; FUEL-AIR MIXING; IDLE OPERATION; INTAKE AIR; INTAKE VALVE LIFT; POLLUTANT EMISSION; VARIABLE VALVE ACTUATION;

INTAKE VALVES;

EID: 84880217083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en6062874     Document Type: Article

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