Characterisation of ignition delay period for a compression ignition engine operating on blended mixtures of diesel and gasoline

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 55-64

  Thoo, Wei Jet ^a   Kevric, Arman ^b   Ng, Hoon Kiat ^a   Gan, Suyin ^a   Shayler, Paul ^b   La Rocca, Antonino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical kinetic mechanism; Diesel engine; Diesel gasoline blends; Ignition delay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894547388     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.01.066     Document Type: Article

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