DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPEN PATH LASER IGNITION SYSTEM FOR A LARGE BORE NATURAL GAS ENGINE: PART 2 SINGLE CYLINDER DEMONSTRATION

ASME 2005 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference, ICEF 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 505-513

  Ahrens, David L ^a   Olsen, Daniel B ^a   Yalin, Azer P ^a  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

emissions data; fuel consumption; gas engine; installation; laser ignition

Indexed keywords

ENGINE CYLINDERS; GAS ENGINES; IGNITION; IGNITION SYSTEMS; NATURAL GAS;

ELECTRODE EROSION; EMISSION DATA; ENERGY; ENGINE PARTS; LARGE BORE; LASER IGNITION; LASER IGNITION SYSTEMS; NATURAL-GAS-ENGINE; OPEN-PATH LASERS; SINGLE CYLINDERS;

GAS EMISSIONS;

EID: 85148421554     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICEF2005-1317     Document Type: Conference Paper

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