Modeling the effect of natural gas composition on ignition delay under compression ignition conditions

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Agarwal, Apoorva ^a   Assanis, Dennis N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION RATIO (MACHINERY); DIESEL ENGINES; IGNITION; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; NATURAL GAS;

COMPRESSION IGNITION; COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; FIRST-ORDER DEPENDENCE; HIGHER HYDROCARBONS; NATURAL GAS COMPOSITION; REDUCED CHEMICAL KINETIC MECHANISMS;

GASES;

EID: 85072485276     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/971711     Document Type: Conference Paper

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