A new combustion system achieving high drive cycle fuel economy improvements in a modern vehicle powertrain

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Attard, William P ^a   Bassett, Michael ^a   Parsons, Patrick ^a   Blaxill, Hugh ^a  

^a MAHLE Filtersysteme GmbH

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR ENGINES; COMBUSTION KNOCK; DIGITAL STORAGE; FUEL ECONOMY; FUEL SYSTEMS; FUELS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; TEMPERATURE;

COMBUSTION DURATION; COMBUSTION REGIME; COMBUSTION SYSTEMS; EMISSION REGULATION; INDICATED THERMAL EFFICIENCY; LOW TEMPERATURE COMBUSTION; PASSENGER VEHICLES; VEHICLE POWERTRAINS;

IGNITION;

EID: 85072494985     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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