Effects of ethanol on in-cylinder and exhaust gas particulate emissions of a gasoline direct injection spark ignition engine

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 3399-3412

  Fatouraie, Mohammad ^a   Wooldridge, Margaret S ^a   Petersen, Benjamin R ^b   Wooldridge, Steven T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COOLANTS; DUST; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINE PISTONS; ENGINES; ETHANOL; EXHAUST SYSTEMS (ENGINE); FUEL INJECTION; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GASES; GASOLINE; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; IGNITION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PISTONS; SOOT;

DIRECT INJECTION SPARK IGNITION ENGINES; ENGINE OPERATING CONDITIONS; FUEL INJECTION TIMING; GASOLINE DIRECT INJECTION; INDICATED MEAN EFFECTIVE PRESSURE; INJECTION DURATIONS; OPERATING CONDITION; QUANTITATIVE METRIC;

DIRECT INJECTION;

EID: 84930225041     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef502758y     Document Type: Article

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