Experimental study on diesel conventional and low temperature combustion by fueling four isomers of butanol

Fuel

Volumn 141, Issue , 2015, Pages 109-119

  Zheng, Zunqing ^a   Li, Changle ^a   Liu, Haifeng ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Zhong, Xiaofan ^a   Yao, Mingfa ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Butanol isomers; Diesel engine; Exhaust gas recirculation (EGR); Low temperature combustion; Soot emissions

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; DIESEL ENGINES; DUST; EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION; GAS EMISSIONS; IGNITION; SOOT; TEMPERATURE;

BUTANOL ISOMERS; COMBUSTION PHASING; EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION (EGR); HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); IN-CYLINDER PRESSURES; LOW TEMPERATURE COMBUSTION; SINGLE-CYLINDER DIESEL ENGINE; SOOT EMISSIONS;

ISOMERS;

EID: 84911866724     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2014.10.053     Document Type: Article

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