Diesel cold flow evaluation using design of experiment

International Journal of Automotive Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 471-478

  Lee, J H ^a,b   Lee, Y Z ^b  

^a Korea Automobile Testing Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cloud point; Cold filter plugging point; Composited package fuel heater (CPFH); Design of experiment; Positive temperature coefficient (PTC); Pour point; Robust design; Separated fuel heater (SFH)

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; DESIGN; DIESEL FUELS; DIRECT INJECTION; FUEL FILTERS; FUEL TANKS; FUELS; POSITIVE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT; TEMPERATURE; TESTING;

CLOUD POINTS; COLD FILTER PLUGGING POINT; FUEL HEATERS; POUR POINTS; ROBUST DESIGNS;

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 84925721425     PISSN: 12299138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12239-015-0049-7     Document Type: Article

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