Particulate matter reduction from a pilot-ignited, direct injection of natural gas engine

ASME 2012 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference, ICEF 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 427-437

  McTaggart Cowan, G P ^a   Mann, K ^a   Huang, J ^a   Wu, N ^a   Munshi, S R ^a  

^a Westport Power Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIESEL INJECTION; HEAVY DUTY ENGINES; IGNITION DELAYS; OPERATING STRATEGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS; PILOT-IGNITED; PRESSURE RISE;

COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIESEL ENGINES; DIRECT INJECTION; ENGINES; NATURAL GAS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

GAS EMISSIONS;

EID: 84892652235     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICEF2012-92162     Document Type: Conference Paper

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