Effects of diesel injection strategy on natural gas/diesel reactivity controlled compression ignition combustion

Energy

Volumn 90, Issue , 2015, Pages 814-826

  Paykani, Amin ^a   Kakaee, Amir Hasan ^a   Rahnama, Pourya ^a   Reitz, Rolf D ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Emissions; Natural gas; RCCI (reactivity controlled compression ignition); SOI (start of injection timing)

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; DIRECT INJECTION; EFFICIENCY; ENGINES; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GASES; HYDROCARBONS; IONIZATION OF GASES; NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SOOT;

CARBON MONOXIDE EMISSIONS; COMPRESSION IGNITION; COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE; ENGINE EFFICIENCY; INJECTION TIMING; OXIDES OF NITROGEN; POLLUTANT EMISSION; START OF INJECTIONS;

IGNITION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; DIESEL; EMISSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HYDROCARBON; NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 84940688677     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.07.112     Document Type: Article

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