Effect of the diesel injection timing and the pilot quantity on the combustion characteristics and the fine-particle emissions in a micro-diesel pilot-ignited natural-gas engine

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 227, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1142-1152

  Zhou, Lei ^a   Liu, Yi Fu ^a   Wu, Chen Bo ^a   Sun, Lu ^a   Wang, Long ^a   Zeng, Ke ^a   Huang, Zuo Hua ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

combustion; diesel; fine particles; injection timing; Natural gas; pilot; pilot mass

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINES; DIRECT INJECTION; DUAL FUEL ENGINES; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS ENGINES; IGNITION; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TIMING CIRCUITS;

DIESEL; FINE PARTICLES; INJECTION TIMING; PILOT; PILOT MASS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 84884261774     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954407013480452     Document Type: Article

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