A combustion model for analyzing the effects of natural gas composition on the operation of a spark ignition engine

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Caillol, Christian ^a   Delorme, Thierry ^a   Denis, Pascal ^a   Berardi, Georges ^a   Porterie, Bernard ^b  

^a Ecole Centrale Marseille   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ENGINE CYLINDERS; MIXTURES; NATURAL GAS; THERMOANALYSIS;

COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; DETAILED CHEMICAL KINETIC; FUEL-MIXTURE COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL GAS COMPOSITION; NUMERICAL RESOLUTION; SINGLE-CYLINDER SPARK-IGNITION; SPECIES CONSERVATIONS; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

IGNITION;

EID: 85072476099     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2002-01-2236     Document Type: Conference Paper

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