Study on cycle-by-cycle variations in a diesel engine with dimethyl ether as port premixing fuel

Applied Energy

Volumn 143, Issue , 2015, Pages 58-70

  Wang, Ying ^a   Xiao, Fan ^a   Zhao, Yuwei ^a   Li, Dongchang ^a   Lei, Xiong ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cycle by cycle variations; Diesel; DME; Premixed charge

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINES; DIRECT INJECTION; ENGINES; ETHERS; FUELS; IGNITION;

CYCLE BY CYCLE VARIATION; DIESEL; DIRECT INJECTION DIESEL ENGINES; DME; INDICATED MEAN EFFECTIVE PRESSURE; MAXIMUM RATE OF PRESSURE RISE; PREMIXED; PREMIXED CHARGE COMPRESSION IGNITION;

DUAL FUEL ENGINES;

COMBUSTION; DATA SET; DIESEL ENGINE; ETHER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; PRESSURE EFFECT;

EID: 84921445156     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.12.079     Document Type: Article

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