Effects of injection strategies and fuel injector configuration on combustion and emission characteristics of a D.I. diesel engine fueled by bio-diesel

Renewable Energy

Volumn 76, Issue , 2015, Pages 687-698

  Maghbouli, Amin ^a   Yang, Wenming ^a   An, Hui ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Shafee, Sina ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bio diesel fuel; Diesel engine; Injection strategies; Injector configuration; Multi component combustion

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINES; EVAPORATION; FUELS; NOZZLES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

BIO-DIESEL FUEL; CHEMICAL KINETICS MECHANISMS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); INJECTOR CONFIGURATION; INVESTIGATE EFFECTS; MULTICOMPONENTS;

DIRECT INJECTION;

BIOFUEL; CARBON EMISSION; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENGINE; EXHAUST EMISSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 84916888655     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.11.092     Document Type: Article

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