Soot emission reduction from post injection strategies in a high pressure direct-injection natural gas engine

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Faghani, Ehsan ^a   Patychuk, Bronson ^a   McTaggart Cowan, Gordon ^b   Rogak, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b WESTPORT INNOVATIONS INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT INJECTION; EMISSION CONTROL; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS ENGINES; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOOT;

COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE; HIGH-PRESSURE DIRECT INJECTION; LOCAL TEMPERATURE; MAXIMUM PRESSURE; METHANE EMISSIONS; MULTIPLE INJECTIONS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPLIT INJECTION STRATEGY;

DIESEL ENGINES;

EID: 84890383076     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2013-24-0114     Document Type: Conference Paper

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