A reduced mechanism for predicting the ignition timing of a fuel blend of natural-gas and n-heptane in HCCI engine

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 79, Issue , 2014, Pages 85-96

  Bahlouli, Keyvan ^a   Atikol, Ugur ^a   Khoshbakhti Saray, R ^b   Mohammadi, Vahid ^b  

^a EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SAHAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blended fuel; DRGEP; HCCI engine; Ignition timing; PCA; Reduced mechanism

Indexed keywords

BLENDED FUELS; DRGEP; HCCI ENGINE; IGNITION TIMING; PCA; REDUCED MECHANISMS;

DIRECTED GRAPHS; ENGINES; FORECASTING; FUELS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; IGNITION; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; NATURAL GAS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS;

HEPTANE;

EID: 84891695040     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2013.12.005     Document Type: Article

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