Effects of late intake valve closing (LIVC) and rebreathing valve strategies on diesel engine performance and emissions at low loads

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 98, Issue , 2016, Pages 310-319

  Zhang, Xiangyu ^a   Wang, Hu ^a   Zheng, Zunqing ^a   Reitz, Rolf D ^b   Yao, Mingfa ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Diesel engines; Exhaust gas recirculation; Late intake valve closing; Low loads; Rebreathing valve strategy

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINES; EFFICIENCY; ENGINES; EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GASES; SMOKE;

COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; DIESEL ENGINE PERFORMANCE; HEAVY-DUTY DIESEL ENGINE; INDICATED MEAN EFFECTIVE PRESSURE; INTAKE VALVE CLOSINGS; LATE INTAKE VALVE CLOSINGS (LIVC); LOW LOAD; REBREATHING;

INTAKE VALVES;

EID: 84954060775     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.12.045     Document Type: Article

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