Dimethyl ether (DME) spray characteristics compared to diesel in a common-rail fuel injection system

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Yu, Jun ^a   Lee, Jookwang ^a   Bae, Choongsik ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CCD CAMERAS; DIESEL ENGINES; ETHERS; IGNITION; POWERTRAINS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; COMMON RAIL FUEL INJECTION; COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE; CONSTANT-VOLUME VESSEL; FUEL INJECTION SYSTEMS; INJECTION PRESSURES; INTRINSIC PROPERTY; SPRAY CHARACTERISTICS;

FUEL INJECTION;

EID: 85072484953     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2002-01-2898     Document Type: Conference Paper

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