Diesel Fuel Property Effects on In-Cylinder Liquid Penetration Length: Impact on Smoke Emissions and Equivalence Ratio Estimates at the Flame Lift-Off Length

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 7689-7704

  Dumitrescu, Cosmin E ^a   Polonowski, Christopher J ^b   Fisher, Brian T ^c   Lilik, Gregory K ^d   Mueller, Charles J ^d  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; DISTILLATION; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINES; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; LIQUIDS; SMOKE;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE; DIESEL FUEL PROPERTIES; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; LIQUID PENETRATION; MIXING CONTROLLED COMBUSTIONS; RECOVERY TEMPERATURE; SIMULATED DISTILLATION;

FUELS;

EID: 84947735040     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b01754     Document Type: Article

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