Performance of a hydrogen-enriched ethanol engine at unthrottled and lean conditions

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 114, Issue , 2016, Pages 68-74

  Zhang, Bo ^a   Ji, Changwei ^a   Wang, Shuofeng ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Combustion; Emissions; Ethanol; Hydrogen; Unthrottled

Indexed keywords

AIR INTAKES; BLENDING; COMBUSTION; EFFICIENCY; ENGINES; ETHANOL; EXHAUST GASES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

ENGINE THERMAL EFFICIENCY; EXCESS AIR RATIOS; HYDROGEN ADDITION; HYDROGEN ENRICHMENT; HYDROGEN VOLUME FRACTION; PART LOAD CONDITIONS; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; UNTHROTTLED;

HYDROGEN;

EID: 84958186074     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2016.01.073     Document Type: Article

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