Effects of valve lift on the combustion and emissions of a HCCI gasoline engine

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 94, Issue , 2015, Pages 159-168

  Cinar, Can ^a   Uyumaz, Ahmet ^b   Solmaz, Hamit ^a   Topgul, Tolga ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MEHMET AKIF ERSOY UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Combustion; Engine performance; Exhaust emissions; HCCI; Valve lift

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; DIESEL ENGINES; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC SPARKS; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINES; GAS ENGINES; GASOLINE; IGNITION; STARTING; STRAW; THERMAL LOAD;

COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE; CONVENTIONAL COMBUSTIONS; ENGINE PERFORMANCE; EXHAUST EMISSION; HCCI; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); INLET AIR TEMPERATURES; VALVE LIFT;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 84922707816     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2015.01.072     Document Type: Article

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