Experimental investigations of performance, combustion and emission characteristics of ethanol and methanol fueled HCCI engine

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 126, Issue , 2014, Pages 30-48

  Maurya, Rakesh Kumar ^a,b   Agarwal, Avinash Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROPAR   (India)

Author keywords

Combustion; Emissions; Ethanol; HCCI; Methanol; Performance

Indexed keywords

AIR INTAKES; BIOFUELS; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; DATA ACQUISITION; DIESEL ENGINES; EFFICIENCY; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ETHANOL; FOSSIL FUELS; GASOLINE; METHANOL; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

COMBUSTION EFFICIENCIES; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HCCI; HOMOGENEOUS CHARGE COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINES; INTAKE AIR TEMPERATURE; PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS; PERFORMANCE;

IGNITION;

EID: 84900452709     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2014.03.031     Document Type: Article

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