Development of a Six Cylinder HCNG Engine Using an Optimized Lean Burn Concept

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn 2009-January, Issue January, 2009, Pages

  Thipse, S S ^a   Rairikar, S D ^a   Kavathekar, K P ^a   Chitnis, P P ^a  

^a AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENGINE CYLINDERS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL ECONOMY; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN FUELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; INJECTION TECHNOLOGY; LEAN-BURN COMBUSTION; NATURALLY ASPIRATED ENGINE; NON-METHANE HYDROCARBONS; OPTIMIZATION STRATEGY; SIX-CYLINDER ENGINES;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS;

EID: 84938127172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01487191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2009-26-0031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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