An Experimental Study of Diesel-Fuel Property Effects on Mixing-Controlled Combustion in a Heavy-Duty Optical CI Engine

SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-81

  Dumitrescu, Cosmin Emil ^a   Polonowski, Christopher ^b   Fisher, Brian T ^c   Cheng, A S ^d   Lilik, Gregory K ^a   Mueller, Charles J ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; DISTILLATION; EFFICIENCY; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINES; IGNITION; MIXING; NITROGEN OXIDES; SMOKE;

CARBON MONOXIDE EMISSIONS; COMBUSTION EFFICIENCIES; COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES; DIESEL FUEL PROPERTIES; DISTILLATION TEMPERATURE; FUEL CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; MIXING CONTROLLED COMBUSTIONS; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS;

FUELS;

EID: 84918769509     PISSN: 19463952     EISSN: 19463960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2014-01-1260     Document Type: Article

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