Characterization of cycle-to-cycle variations in a natural gas spark ignition engine

Fuel

Volumn 140, Issue , 2015, Pages 752-761

  Reyes, M ^a   Tinaut, F V ^a   Gimenez B ^a   Perez A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSPORT AND ENERGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Combustion diagnosis; Cycle to cycle variations; Genetic algorithm; Natural gas; Spark ignition engine

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; ENGINES; EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; FUNCTIONS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEAT TRANSFER; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; NATURAL GAS; SPEED; STATISTICS;

ANGULAR POSITIONING; COMBUSTION DIAGNOSIS; COMBUSTION PRESSURE; CYCLE TO CYCLE VARIATION; DYNAMIC COMPRESSION; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; GAS FUELLED ENGINES; TURBULENT INTENSITIES;

IGNITION;

EID: 84908431865     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2014.09.121     Document Type: Article

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