A study of in-cylinder mixing in a natural gas powered engine by planar laser-induced fluorcence

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Hiltner, Joel ^a   Samimy, Mohammad ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; AIR INTAKES; ALTERNATIVE FUELS; CCD CAMERAS; FLUORESCENCE; FUEL INJECTION; GAS EMISSIONS; MIXTURES; NATURAL GAS; ULTRAVIOLET LASERS;

CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT; FUEL INJECTION SYSTEMS; HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURES; IN-CYLINDER MIXING; IN-CYLINDER MIXTURES; PLANAR LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MAP; ULTRAVIOLET LASER LIGHT;

ENGINE CYLINDERS;

EID: 85072451412     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/961102     Document Type: Conference Paper

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