Characterization of the combustion process and cycle-to-cycle variations in a spark ignition engine fuelled with natural gas/hydrogen mixtures

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 2064-2074

  Reyes, M ^a   Tinaut, F V ^a   Melgar, A ^a   Perez A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSPORT AND ENERGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Combustion diagnosis; Cyclic variability; Hydrogen; Natural gas; Spark ignition engine

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; COMPRESSION RATIO (MACHINERY); ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINE PISTONS; ENGINES; FLAME RESEARCH; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGEN; IGNITION; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; MIXTURES; NATURAL GAS; PISTONS;

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; COMBUSTION DIAGNOSIS; COMBUSTION VARIABILITY; CYCLE TO CYCLE VARIATION; CYCLIC VARIABILITIES; EXPERIMENTAL FACILITIES; MASS AND ENERGY CONSERVATION; SINGLE-CYLINDER SPARK-IGNITION;

GASES;

EID: 84954473878     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.10.082     Document Type: Article

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