Investigation of the Combustion Instability-NOx Tradeoff in a Dual Fuel Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition (RCCI) Engine

SAE International Journal of Engines

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 821-830

  Klos, David ^a   Janecek, Daniel ^a   Kokjohn, Sage ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR INTAKES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIESEL ENGINES; DIRECT INJECTION; GASOLINE; IGNITION; NITROGEN OXIDES; STABILITY; TEMPERATURE;

COMBUSTION INSTABILITIES; COMBUSTION STABILITY; COMMON RAIL INJECTOR; COMPRESSION IGNITION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; CYCLE TO CYCLE VARIATION; LOW TEMPERATURE COMBUSTION; START OF INJECTIONS;

DUAL FUEL ENGINES;

EID: 84928673075     PISSN: 19463936     EISSN: 19463944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2015-01-0841     Document Type: Article

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