Combustion performance and stability of a dual-fuel diesel-natural-gas engine

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 229, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 235-246

  Sun, Lu ^a   Liu, Yifu ^a   Zeng, Ke ^a   Yang, Rui ^a   Hang, Zuohua ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coefficieny of variation; Cycle by cycle variations; Diesel; Dual fuel; Engine; Natural gas

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; DUAL FUEL ENGINES; ENGINES; GAS ENGINES; HYDROCARBONS; NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN OXIDES;

COEFFICIENY OF VARIATION; CYCLE BY CYCLE VARIATION; DIESEL; DUAL-FUELS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; INDICATED MEAN EFFECTIVE PRESSURE; MAXIMUM RATE OF PRESSURE RISE; PEAK IN-CYLINDER PRESSURES;

DIESEL ENGINES;

EID: 84920782397     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: 20412991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954407014537814     Document Type: Article

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