Impact of Cetane Number on Combustion of a Gasoline-Diesel Dual-Fuel Heavy-Duty Multi-Cylinder Engine

SAE International Journal of Engines

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 860-872

  Ickes, Andrew ^a   Wallner, Thomas ^a   Zhang, Yu ^b   De Ojeda, William ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Navistar ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; DIRECT INJECTION; ENGINE CYLINDERS; GASOLINE; SOOT;

FISCHER-TROPSCH DIESEL FUEL; GASOLINE INJECTION; HEAVY-DUTY DIESEL ENGINE; HIGH-VOLATILITY FUELS; INDICATED EFFICIENCY; LOW-TEMPERATURE COMBUSTION; MULTICYLINDER ENGINE; OPERATING CONDITION;

FUELS;

EID: 84903395924     PISSN: 19463936     EISSN: 19463944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2014-01-1309     Document Type: Article

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