The prediction of fuel injection quality using a NOx sensor for the on-board diagnosis of heavy-duty diesel engines with SCR systems

Fuel

Volumn 141, Issue , 2015, Pages 192-199

  Qiu, Tao ^a   Li, Xuchu ^a   Lei, Yan ^a   Liu, Xinghua ^b   Zhang, Chuanxia ^a   Feng, Xiang ^a   Xu, Hui ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Diesel engine; Fuel injection; NOx sensor; On board detection; Selective catalytic reduction (SCR)

Indexed keywords

ENGINES; EXHAUST GASES; FUEL INJECTION; FUEL PURIFICATION; FUELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXYGEN; SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION;

CALCULATED VALUES; ENGINE OPERATING CONDITIONS; HEAVY-DUTY DIESEL ENGINE; INJECTION QUANTITY; NOX SENSORS; ONBOARD DIAGNOSIS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION SYSTEMS;

DIESEL ENGINES;

EID: 84911935212     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2014.10.015     Document Type: Article

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