Experimental investigations of gasoline partially premixed combustion with an exhaust rebreathing valve strategy at low loads

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 103, Issue , 2016, Pages 832-841

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

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Diesel engine; Gasoline fuel; Low loads; Partially premixed combustion; Rebreathing valve strategy

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINES; ENGINES; EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION; GAS EMISSIONS;

EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GASOLINE FUELS; INDICATED MEAN EFFECTIVE PRESSURE; LOW LOAD; PARTIALLY PREMIXED COMBUSTION; REBREATHING; RESEARCH OCTANE NUMBER;

GASOLINE;

EID: 84966441018     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.04.147     Document Type: Article

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