Ethanol effect as premixed fuel in dual-fuel CI engines: Experimental and numerical investigations

Applied Energy

Volumn 119, Issue , 2014, Pages 394-404

  Fraioli, Valentina ^a   Mancaruso, Ezio ^a   Migliaccio, Marianna ^a   Vaglieco, Bianca Maria ^a  

^a ISTITUTO MOTORI CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D simulation; Dual Fuel Diesel engine; Ethanol; Optical diagnostics

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; COMMERCIAL VEHICLES; DIESEL ENGINES; DIRECT INJECTION; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; REACTION KINETICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

3D SIMULATIONS; COMMON RAIL INJECTION SYSTEM; COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE; DIRECT INJECTION DIESEL ENGINES; DUAL FUEL DIESEL ENGINE; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; OPTICAL DIAGNOSTICS; SINGLE-CYLINDER RESEARCH ENGINES;

DUAL FUEL ENGINES;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOFUEL; DIESEL ENGINE; EMISSION INVENTORY; ETHANOL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84893495204     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.01.008     Document Type: Article

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