Effects of hydrogen direct-injection angle and charge concentration on gasoline-hydrogen blending lean combustion in a Wankel engine

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 187, Issue , 2019, Pages 316-327

  Shi, Cheng ^a   Ji, Changwei ^b   Wang, Shuofeng ^b   Yang, Jinxin ^b   Li, Xueyi ^c   Ge, Yunshan ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Charge concentration; Direct injection angle; Gasoline hydrogen; Lean combustion; Wankel engine

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CHARGE; GASOLINE; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; MIXTURES; NITRIC OXIDE; WANKEL ENGINES;

CHARGE CONCENTRATION; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; HYDROGEN DISTRIBUTION; HYDROGEN VOLUME FRACTION; LEAN COMBUSTION; MIXTURE DISTRIBUTIONS; NITRIC OXIDE FORMATION; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

DIRECT INJECTION;

EID: 85063097102     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2019.03.011     Document Type: Article

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