Effect of hydrogen injection strategies on mixture formation and combustion process in a hydrogen direct injection plus natural gas port injection rotary engine

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 160, Issue , 2018, Pages 150-164

  Fan, Baowei ^a   Pan, Jianfeng ^a   Liu, Yangxian ^a   Zhu, Yuejin ^a   Pan, Zhenhua ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Otchere, Peter ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Combustion process; Hydrogen; Injection strategy; Mixture formation; Natural gas; Rotary engine

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; GASES; HYDROGEN; IGNITION; MIXTURES; NATURAL GAS; ROTARY ENGINES; SPARK PLUGS;

COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; EFFECT OF HYDROGEN; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; HYDROGEN ACCUMULATION; HYDROGEN AGGREGATION; HYDROGEN CONCENTRATION; HYDROGEN DISTRIBUTION; MIXTURE FORMATION;

DIRECT INJECTION;

EID: 85044626035     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2018.01.034     Document Type: Article

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