Simulating a Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition engine fuelled with a DEE/EtOH blend

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Mosbach, Sebastian ^a   Kraft, Markus ^a   Bhave, Amit ^b   Mauss, Fabian ^c   MacK, J Hunter ^d   Dibble, Robert W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Reaction Engineering Solutions Ltd

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIESEL ENGINES; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ETHANOL; ETHERS; FLOW OF GASES; FUEL ADDITIVES; HEAT CONVECTION; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

COMBUSTION DURATION; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; HOMOGENEOUS CHARGE COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINES; IGNITION TIMING; LIGHT-OFF TEMPERATURES; SINGLE-CYLINDER DIESEL ENGINE; STOCHASTIC REACTOR MODELS; UN-BURNT HYDROCARBONS;

IGNITION;

EID: 85072429855     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2006-01-1362     Document Type: Conference Paper

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