Investigation of low temperature combustion regimes of biodiesel with n-butanol injected in the intake manifold of a compression ignition engine

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Soloiu, Valentin ^a   Duggan, Marvin ^a   Ochieng, Henry ^a   Williams, David ^a   Molina, Gustavo ^a   Vlcek, Brian ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE ENGINE MANIFOLDS; BIODIESEL; DIESEL ENGINES; DIRECT INJECTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENGINE CYLINDERS; GAS EMISSIONS; IGNITION; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOOT; TEMPERATURE;

COMBUSTION REGIME; COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE; HEAT RELEASE; INTAKE MANIFOLD; INTAKE PORT; LOW TEMPERATURE COMBUSTION; N-BUTANOL; PREMIXED CHARGE COMPRESSION IGNITION; SINGLE-CYLINDER DIESEL ENGINE; TRADE OFF;

COMBUSTION CHAMBERS;

EID: 85050579558     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: 15288994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4023743     Document Type: Article

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