Fuel economy and power benefits of cetane-improved fuels in heavy-duty diesel engines

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Green, Gary J ^a   Henly, Timothy J ^b   Starr, Michael E ^c   Assanis, Dennis N ^d   Syrimis, Michalis ^d   Kanafani, Fadi ^d  

^a MOBIL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b Ethyl Petroleum Additives

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINES; ENGINE CYLINDERS; FUEL ECONOMY; FUELS;

COMMERCIAL FUELS; DEGREE OF PRECISION; DIRECT INJECTION DIESEL ENGINES; FUEL MATRIX; HEAT RELEASE; HEAVY-DUTY DIESEL ENGINE; IN-CYLINDER PRESSURES; PRESSURE DATA;

DIRECT INJECTION;

EID: 85072482955     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/972900     Document Type: Conference Paper

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