An investigation of mixture formation processes during start-up of a natural gas powered SI engine

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Brault, Joseph M ^a   Maymir, Deborah Sneckenberger ^a   Samimy, Mohammad ^a   Matsuki, Masato ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Honda Research and Development Co Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; ENGINE CYLINDERS; FUEL INJECTION; FUNCTIONS; GASES; IGNITION; MIXTURES; NATURAL GAS;

COMPRESSION STROKE; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; FUEL INJECTION TIMING; HIGH-SPEED OPERATION; INHOMOGENEITIES; INJECTION TIMING; MIXTURE FORMATION; PLANAR LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE;

INTAKE VALVES;

EID: 85072481660     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/981387     Document Type: Conference Paper

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