Experimental analysis of diesel-ignited methane dual-fuel low-temperature combustion in a single-cylinder diesel engine

Journal of Energy Engineering

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Raihan, Mostafa S ^a   Guerry, Edward S ^a   Dwivedi, Umang ^a   Srinivasan, Kalyan Kumar ^a   Krishnan, Sundar Rajan ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual fuel combustion; Injection timing; Low temperature combustion; Methane; NOx

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINES; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINES; FUELS; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; SMOKE; TEMPERATURE;

DUAL FUEL COMBUSTION; FUEL CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; INDICATED MEAN EFFECTIVE PRESSURE; INJECTION TIMING; LOW TEMPERATURE COMBUSTION; NOX; SINGLE-CYLINDER DIESEL ENGINE; SINGLE-CYLINDER RESEARCH ENGINES;

DUAL FUEL ENGINES;

EID: 84929617210     PISSN: 07339402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EY.1943-7897.0000235     Document Type: Article

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