Understanding loss mechanisms and identifying areas of improvement for HCCI engines using detailed exergy analysis

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Saxena, Samveg ^a   Bedoya, Iván Dario ^b   Shah, Nihar ^a   Phadke, Amol ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; DETAILED CHEMICAL KINETIC; ENGINE OPERATING CONDITIONS; ENGINE POWER OUTPUT; EXERGY DESTRUCTIONS; HOMOGENEOUS CHARGE COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINES; INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION; OPERATING EFFICIENCY;

ENGINES; IGNITION; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES;

EXERGY;

EID: 84881291566     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4024589     Document Type: Article

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