Energy balance of a spark ignition engine running on hydrogen, synthesis gas and natural gas

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Orbaiz, Pedro ^a   Brear, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENGINE CYLINDERS; HEAT LOSSES; NATURAL GAS; SYNTHESIS GAS;

ENGINE SIMULATION; FUEL COMPOSITIONS; GAS FUELLED ENGINES; HYDROGEN-RICH FUELS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PREMIXED TURBULENT FLAMES; RECIPROCATING ENGINES; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

GAS FUEL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84899520966     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2014-01-1337     Document Type: Conference Paper

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