Experimental determination of liquefied petroleum gas-gasoline mixtures knock resistance

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 136, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Pipitone, Emiliano ^a   Genchi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

autoignition; CFR; fuel mixtures; gasoline; knock resistance; LPG; octane rating

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION KNOCK; COMPRESSION RATIO (MACHINERY); ENGINES; FUEL ECONOMY; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; MIXTURES; POLLUTION;

AUTO-IGNITION; CFR; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; FUEL MIXTURES; HIGH COMPRESSION RATIO; KNOCK RESISTANCE; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS (LPG);

GASOLINE;

EID: 84903787650     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4027831     Document Type: Article

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