Study on RCCI (reactivity controlled compression ignition) engine by means of statistical experimental design

Energy

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages 777-787

  Li, Jing ^a   Yang, Wen Ming ^a   Goh, Thong Ngee ^a   An, Hui ^a   Maghbouli, Amin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Design of experiment; Fractional factorial design; Injection strategy; KIVA4; RCCI (reactivity controlled compression ignition) engine

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; DESIGN; DIESEL ENGINES; ENGINES; GAS EMISSIONS; NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES;

COMPRESSION IGNITION; DETAILED REACTION MECHANISMS; FRACTIONAL FACTORIAL DESIGNS; KIVA4; LOW CETANE NUMBER FUELS; PERFORMANCE AND EMISSIONS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; STATISTICAL EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN;

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENGINE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN OXIDES;

EID: 84920749019     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.10.071     Document Type: Article

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