Effect of adding oxygen to the intake air on a dual-fuel engine performance, emissions, and knock tendency

Energy

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 612-620

  Abdelaal, Mohsen M ^a   Rabee, Basem A ^a   Hegab, Abdelrahman H ^a  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Combustion; Diesel fuel; Dual fuel engine; Emissions; Natural gas; Oxygen enrichment

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; ENGINES; FUELS; NATURAL GAS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

ENGINE CONFIGURATION; ENGINE PERFORMANCE; HARMFUL EMISSIONS; IGNITION DELAYS; OXYGEN ENRICHMENT; PETROLEUM FUELS; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; UNBURNED HYDROCARBONS;

OXYGEN;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYLINDER; DIESEL ENGINE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; OXYGEN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84885961482     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.09.022     Document Type: Article

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