Modeling study on the effect of piston bowl geometries in a gasoline/biodiesel fueled RCCI engine at high speed

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 112, Issue , 2016, Pages 359-368

  Li, J ^a   Yang, W M ^a   Zhou, D Z ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Bowl geometry; Gasoline; KIVA; RCCI

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; DIESEL ENGINES; ENGINES; GASOLINE; GEOMETRY; MIXING; PISTONS; SPEED;

COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; ENGINE PERFORMANCE; KIVA; MIXING CONTROLLED COMBUSTIONS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; OPERATING CONDITION; RCCI; REACTION MECHANISM;

ENGINE PISTONS;

EID: 84955567688     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2016.01.041     Document Type: Article

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