Optimize combustion of compressed natural gas engine by improving in-cylinder flows

International Journal of Automotive Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 539-549

  Yu, X ^a   Liu, Z ^a   Wang, Z ^a   Dou, H ^b  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA FAW GROUP CORPORATION   (China)

Author keywords

CNG engine; Combustion; Combustion chamber; Emissions; In cylinder flows

Indexed keywords

BRAKE SPECIFIC FUEL CONSUMPTION; CNG ENGINE; COMBUSTION PARAMETERS; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; COMPRESSED NATURAL GASSES (CNG); IN-CYLINDER FLOWS; SPARK-IGNITION ENGINE; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENGINES; EXHAUST GASES; EXPERIMENTS; KINETICS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

ENGINE CYLINDERS;

EID: 84880809178     PISSN: 12299138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12239-013-0058-3     Document Type: Article

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