Considerations on engine design and fuelling technique effects on qualitative combustion in alcohol diesel engines

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Gjirja, Savo ^a   Olsson, Erik ^a   Karlström, Anders ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION RATIO (MACHINERY); DIESEL ENGINES; ETHANOL; ETHERS; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FUELS; FUMIGATION; MACHINE DESIGN; NOZZLE DESIGN; THERMODYNAMICS;

DEHYDRATION OF ETHANOL; ENGINE PERFORMANCE; EXHAUST PRESSURE; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FUEL APPLICATIONS; OPERATING RANGES; SHORT IGNITION DELAY; SOLUBLE MIXTURES;

IGNITION;

EID: 85072462731     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/982530     Document Type: Conference Paper

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