DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED LASER IGNITION SYSTEM FOR STATIONARY NATURAL GAS RECIPROCATING ENGINES

ASME 2005 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference, ICEF 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 547-560

  Bihari, Bipin ^a   Gupta, Sreenath B ^a   Sekar, Raj R ^a   Gingrich, Jess ^b   Smith, Jack ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINE CYLINDERS; EXHAUST GASES; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS TURBINES; HIGH POWER LASERS; NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OPTICAL FIBERS;

GAS-FIRED; IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES; IMPROVING EFFICIENCY; LASER IGNITION; LASER IGNITION SYSTEMS; LASER-BASED; LEAN BURN; NO X EMISSION; PERFORMANCE; RECIPROCATING ENGINES;

IGNITION;

EID: 84891275927     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICEF2005-1325     Document Type: Conference Paper

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