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The cold start performance of a spark-ignited dimethyl ether engine
Ji, Changwei; Liang, Chen; Gao, Binbin; Wei, Baojian; … - In: Energy 50 (2013) C, pp. 187-193
could improve the combustion and emissions performance. …
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Combustion and emissions performance of a DME-enriched spark-ignited methanol engine at idle condition
Liang, Chen; Ji, Changwei; Liu, Xiaolong - In: Applied Energy 88 (2011) 11, pp. 3704-3711
Dimethyl ether (DME) and methanol are thought to be one of the most promising alternative fuels for IC engines. Meanwhile, previous investigations also have pointed out the good prospects for adopting DME and methanol in IC engines. The experiments in this paper were carried out at idle...
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Effects of hydrogen addition and cylinder cutoff on combustion and emissions performance of a spark-ignited gasoline engine under a low operating condition
Wang, Shuofeng; Ji, Changwei; Zhang, Bo - In: Energy 35 (2010) 12, pp. 4754-4760
Because of the low combustion temperature and high throttling loss, SI (spark-ignited) engines always encounter dropped …
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Comparison of the performance of a spark-ignited gasoline engine blended with hydrogen and hydrogen–oxygen mixtures
Wang, Shuofeng; Ji, Changwei; Zhang, Jian; Zhang, Bo - In: Energy 36 (2011) 10, pp. 5832-5837
This paper compared the effects of hydrogen and hydrogen–oxygen blends (hydroxygen) additions on the performance of a gasoline engine at 1400 rpm and a manifolds absolute pressure of 61.5 kPa. The tests were carried out on a 1.6 L gasoline engine equipped with a hydrogen and oxygen...
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Experimental investigation on the combustion and emissions characteristics of 2-methylfuran gasoline blend fuel in spark-ignition engine
Wei, Haiqiao; Feng, Dengquan; Shu, Gequn; Pan, Mingzhang; … - In: Applied Energy 132 (2014) C, pp. 317-324
was given on the combustion and emissions characteristics of 10% volume fraction 2-methylfuran gasoline blend fuel (M10 … (800–1800rpm in 200rpm intervals) and wide open throttle (WOT). The in-cylinder combustion process as well as engine … performance of M10 were compared with gasoline and the same proportion ethanol gasoline blend fuel (E10) under gasoline maximum …
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Pine oil–biodiesel blends: A double biofuel strategy to completely eliminate the use of diesel in a diesel engine
Vallinayagam, R.; Vedharaj, S.; Yang, W.M.; Lee, P.S.; … - In: Applied Energy 130 (2014) C, pp. 466-473
balanced. Therefore, the reported blends were subsequently tested for its combustion, performance and emission characteristics … use in diesel engine without any modification, as the performance and combustion characteristics of the engine was found …) emission was in par with diesel. …
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Combustion, performance and emission characteristics of direct injection diesel engine fueled by Jatropha hydrogen peroxide emulsion
Nguyen, Kim-Bao; Dan, Tomohisa; Asano, Ichiro - In: Energy 74 (2014) C, pp. 301-308
Recently, Jatropha, a fast growing tropical plant, has caught the attention of researchers because the oil produced from Jatropha is a non-edible. However, worse emissions, when using raw Jatropha oil in diesel engines, have been reported in the literature due to its higher viscosity and lower...
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Preparation, characterization, engine combustion and emission characteristics of rapeseed oil based hybrid fuels
Qi, D.H.; Bae, C.; Feng, Y.M.; Jia, C.C.; Bian, Y.Z. - In: Renewable Energy 60 (2013) C, pp. 98-106
In this study, hybrid fuels consisting of rapeseed oil/diesel blend, 1% aqueous ethanol and a surfactant (oleic acid/1 … the density, viscosity and lower heating value (LHV) of these fuels were measured, and the engine performance, combustion … viscosity and density of the hybrid fuels were decreased and close to that of diesel fuel with the increase of ethanol volume …
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Combustion performance and emission characteristics study of pine oil in a diesel engine
Vallinayagam, R.; Vedharaj, S.; Yang, W.M.; Lee, P.S.; … - In: Energy 57 (2013) C, pp. 344-351
-stroke, direct injection diesel engine and the combustion, emissions and performance results were compared with diesel. The results …%, respectively. However, the NOx (oxides of nitrogen) emission is higher than that of diesel fuel at full load condition. The …
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Effects of tumble combined with EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) on the combustion and emissions in a spark ignition engine at part loads
Zhang, Zhijin; Zhang, Haiyan; Wang, Tianyou; Jia, Ming - In: Energy 65 (2014) C, pp. 18-24
The effects of tumble combined with EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) on the combustion and emissions were experimentally … indicated mean effective pressure (CoVIMEP) due to the significantly shortened combustion duration. By optimizing the combustion …
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