Performance of single cylinder spark ignition engine fueled by LPG

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 579-585

  Sulaiman, M Y ^a   Ayob, M R ^a   Meran, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Energy price; LPG; Performance; SI; ULP

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891684943     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2013.02.074     Document Type: Conference Paper

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