Combustion and emission characteristics of Fischer-Tropsch and standard diesel fuel in a single-cylinder diesel engine

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  McMillian, Michael H ^a   Gautam, Mridul ^b  

^a National Energy Technology Laboratory

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; DIESEL FUELS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENGINE CYLINDERS; FUELS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SULFUR;

CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; CYLINDER PRESSURE DATA; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; SINGLE-CYLINDER DIESEL ENGINE; STEADY-STATE OPERATING CONDITIONS; THERMODYNAMIC INDICATORS;

DIESEL ENGINES;

EID: 85072464601     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2001-01-3517     Document Type: Conference Paper

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