The effect of direct injection timing and pressure on engine performance in an ethanol direct injection plus gasoline port injection (EDI+GPI) SI engine

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhuang, Yuan ^a   Hong, Guang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION KNOCK; EFFICIENCY; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; GASOLINE; IGNITION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TIMING CIRCUITS;

ADVANCED SPARK TIMING; ENGINE EFFICIENCY; ENGINE PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FUEL DIRECT INJECTION; HIGH INJECTION PRESSURES; INJECTION PRESSURES; VOLUMETRIC EFFICIENCY;

DIRECT INJECTION;

EID: 84881204743     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2013-01-0892     Document Type: Conference Paper

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