Spray characterization of ethanol gasoline blends and comparison to a CFD model for a gasoline direct injector

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 402-425

  Matsumoto, Atsushi ^a   Moore, Wayne R ^b   Lai, Ming Chia ^a   Zheng, Yi ^a   Foster, Matthew ^b   Xie, Xing Bin ^a   Yen, David ^b   Confer, Keith ^b   Hopkins, Eunjoo ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DELPHI CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENGINES; GASOLINE; IMAGE PROCESSING; VAPORIZATION;

CFD NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; ENGINE CONTROL STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ETHANOL GASOLINE BLEND; IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; SCHLIEREN VISUALIZATION; SPRAY CHARACTERIZATIONS; TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES;

DIRECT INJECTION;

EID: 85025825071     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2010-01-0601     Document Type: Conference Paper

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