Performance and emissions of an LPG lean-burn engine for heavy duty vehicles

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Goto, Shinichi ^a   Lee, Daeyup ^a   Shakal, Joseph ^a,c   Harayama, Naoya ^b   Honjyo, Fumitaka ^b   Ueno, Hiroki ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b Nissan Diesel Motor Co   (Japan)

^c TSI INCORPORATED   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; EFFICIENCY; ENGINE PISTONS; ENGINES; FUELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PISTONS; PROPANE;

COMBUSTION DURATION; CYCLIC VARIATIONS; ENGINE PERFORMANCE; HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES; LEAN-BURN ENGINES; LOW NOX EMISSIONS; PERFORMANCE AND EMISSIONS; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

VEHICLE PERFORMANCE;

EID: 85072431186     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/1999-01-1513     Document Type: Conference Paper

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