Study on the knock tendency and cyclical variations of a HCCI engine fueled with n-butanol/n-heptane blends

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 133, Issue , 2017, Pages 548-557

  Li, Gang ^a   Zhang, Chunhua ^a   Zhou, Jiawang ^a  

^a CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cyclical variations; Heat release rate; Homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI); Knock tendency; n Butanol n heptane blends

Indexed keywords

AIR INTAKES; BLENDING; DIESEL ENGINES; ENGINE CYLINDERS; FUELS; HEPTANE; SPEED; VOLUME FRACTION;

CYCLICAL VARIATION; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); HOMOGENEOUS CHARGE COMPRESSION IGNITION; KNOCK TENDENCY; N-BUTANOL;

IGNITION;

EID: 85007309511     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2016.10.074     Document Type: Article

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