Ethanol-fueled low temperature combustion: A pathway to clean and efficient diesel engine cycles

Applied Energy

Volumn 157, Issue , 2015, Pages 838-850

  Asad, Usman ^a   Kumar, Raj ^a   Zheng, Ming ^a   Tjong, Jimi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diesel engine; Dual fuel; Ethanol; Exhaust gas recirculation; Low temperature combustion; PPAC

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMPRESSION RATIO (MACHINERY); DIESEL FUELS; DUAL FUEL ENGINES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINES; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; IGNITION; NITROGEN OXIDES; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; TEMPERATURE; GASES;

COMBUSTION CONTROL STRATEGIES; COMBUSTION EFFICIENCIES; DUAL-FUELS; HIGH COMPRESSION RATIO; LOW TEMPERATURE COMBUSTION; PILOT INJECTION TIMING; PPAC; TRANSPORTATION FUELS; COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE;

DIESEL ENGINES;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; COMPRESSION; DIESEL ENGINE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ETHANOL; EXHAUST EMISSION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SMOKE; SOOT;

EID: 84954196589     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: 18729118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.01.057     Document Type: Article

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