Experimental and simulated results detailing the sensitivity of natural gas hcci engines to fuel composition

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Fiveland, Scott B ^a   Agama, Rey ^a   Christensen, Magnus ^b   Johansson, Bengt ^b   Hiltner, Joel ^b   Maus, Fabian ^b   Assanis, Dennis N ^c  

^a CATERPILLAR INC   (United States)

^b LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; HYDROCARBONS; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; KINETICS; NATURAL GAS;

AIR FUEL MIXTURES; ENGINE PERFORMANCE; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; HIGHER HYDROCARBONS; HYDROCARBON COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL GAS COMPOSITION; SIMULATED RESULTS; START OF COMBUSTION;

GASES;

EID: 85072486165     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2001-01-3609     Document Type: Conference Paper

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