Study of performance and emission characteristics of a partially coated LHR SI engine blended with n-butanol and gasoline

Alexandria Engineering Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 285-293

  Mittal, Nitesh ^a   Athony, Robert Leslie ^a   Bansal, Ravi ^a   Ramesh Kumar, C ^a  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Low heat rejection; n Butanol; SI engine; Zirconium dioxide coating

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; BLENDING; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COATINGS; COMPRESSED AIR; GASOLINE; PLASMA SPRAYING; YTTRIUM OXIDE; ZIRCONIA;

ENGINE PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GASOLINE BLENDED FUEL; LOW HEAT REJECTION; N-BUTANOL; PERFORMANCE AND EMISSIONS; SI ENGINES; ZIRCONIUM DIOXIDE COATINGS;

CYLINDER HEADS;

EID: 84883448464     PISSN: 11100168     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aej.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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