Extending the lean operation limit of a gasoline Wankel rotary engine using hydrogen enrichment

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 41, Issue 32, 2016, Pages 14261-14271

  Amrouche, F ^a   Erickson, P A ^b   Park, J W ^b   Varnhagen, S ^b  

^a CENTRE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DES ENERGIES RENOUVELABLES   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gasoline Wankel engine; Hydrogen enrichment; Lean operating limit

Indexed keywords

AIR INTAKES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENGINES; HYDROGEN; WANKEL ENGINES;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HYDROGEN ENRICHMENT; LEAN OPERATION LIMIT; OPERATING LIMIT; SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION; STOICHIOMETRIC MIXTURES; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; THREE WAY CATALYTIC CONVERTER;

GASOLINE;

EID: 84991279708     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.06.250     Document Type: Article

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