Modeling on blend gasoline/diesel fuel combustion in a direct injection diesel engine

Applied Energy

Volumn 160, Issue , 2015, Pages 777-783

  Li, J ^a   Yang, W M ^a   An, H ^a   Chou, S K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Blend fuel; Diesel; Gasoline; KIVA4 code

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINES; ENGINES; FUEL ADDITIVES; FUELS; GASOLINE; HEPTANE; IGNITION; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES;

BLEND FUELS; DIESEL; DIRECT INJECTION DIESEL ENGINES; DIRECT INJECTION ENGINES; IGNITION DELAY TIME; KIVA4 CODE; PERFORMANCE AND EMISSIONS; PRIMARY REFERENCE FUELS;

DIRECT INJECTION;

ALKANE; COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINE; NITROUS OXIDE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PETROLEUM; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

EID: 84946031741     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.08.105     Document Type: Article

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