Miller cycle application to improve lean burn gas engine performance

Energy

Volumn 109, Issue , 2016, Pages 190-200

  Tavakoli, Sady ^a   Jazayeri, S Ali ^b   Fathi, Morteza ^a   Jahanian, Omid ^a  

^a BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Emission; Gas engine; Miller cycle; Performance

Indexed keywords

DIESEL ENGINES; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GAS ENGINES; INTAKE VALVES; NEUTRON EMISSION;

COMBUSTION SIMULATIONS; IN-CYLINDER PRESSURES; INTAKE VALVE CLOSURES; LATE INTAKE VALVE CLOSURES; LEAN-BURN GAS ENGINES; MILLER CYCLE; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE AND EMISSIONS;

ENGINES;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENGINE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

EID: 84969233513     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.04.102     Document Type: Article

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