Injection timing effects on partially premixed diesel-methane dual fuel low temperature combustion

Applied Energy

Volumn 162, Issue , 2016, Pages 99-113

  Guerry, E Scott ^a   Raihan, Mostafa S ^a   Srinivasan, Kalyan K ^a   Krishnan, Sundar R ^a   Sohail, Aamir ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual fuel; Injection timing; Low temperature combustion; Natural gas; NOx emissions

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE ENGINE MANIFOLDS; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; DIESEL FUELS; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINES; FUELS; IGNITION; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; TEMPERATURE;

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; DUAL-FUELS; ENGINE-OUT EMISSIONS; INDICATED MEAN EFFECTIVE PRESSURE; INJECTION TIMING; LOW TEMPERATURE COMBUSTION; SINGLE-CYLINDER RESEARCH ENGINES; UNBURNED HYDROCARBONS;

DUAL FUEL ENGINES;

CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIESEL; EMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUEL; GAUSSIAN METHOD; HYDROCARBON; LOW TEMPERATURE; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; NITROUS OXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKE;

EID: 84944916686     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.10.085     Document Type: Article

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