Effects of fuel volatility on early direct-injection, low-temperature combustion in an optical diesel engine

AS Cheng, BT Fisher, GC Martin, CJ Mueller - Energy & fuels, 2010 - ACS Publications
The effect of fuel volatility on early direct-injection, low-temperature combustion (LTC) was
investigated using an optically accessible diesel engine. Five blends of conventional no. 2 …

Optical diagnostics of late-injection low-temperature combustion in a heavy-duty diesel engine

T Lachaux, MPB Musculus, S Singh, RD Reitz - 2008 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
A late-injection, high exhaust-gas recirculation rate, low-temperature combustion strategy is
investigated in a heavy-duty diesel engine using a suite of optical diagnostics …

Injection pressure effects on the flame development in a light-duty optical diesel engine

MK Le, S Kook - SAE International Journal of Engines, 2015 - JSTOR
The impact of fuel injection pressure on the development of diesel flames has been studied
in a light-duty optical engine. Planer laser-induced fluorescence imaging of fuel (fuel-PLIF) …

Simultaneous optical diagnostic imaging of low-temperature, double-injection combustion in a heavy-duty DI diesel engine

S Singh, RD Reitz, MPB Musculus… - … Science and Technology, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
A highly diluted, low-flame-temperature diesel engine combustion strategy with two separate
fuel-injections per cycle was investigated using simultaneous optical diagnostics at a low …

Multiple simultaneous optical diagnostic imaging of early-injection low-temperature combustion in a heavy-duty diesel engine

MPB Musculus - SAE Transactions, 2006 - JSTOR
In-cylinder spray, mixing, combustion, and pollutantformation processes for low-load (4 bar
IMEP), low-temperature combustion conditions (12.7% charge oxygen,~ 2170K …

Effects of piston bowl geometry on mixture development and late-injection low-temperature combustion in a heavy-duty diesel engine

CL Genzale, RD Reitz, MPB Musculus - SAE International Journal of …, 2009 - JSTOR
Low-temperature combustion (LTC) strategies for diesel engines are of increasing interest
because of their potential to significantly reduce particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxide …

End-of-injection over-mixing and unburned hydrocarbon emissions in low-temperature-combustion diesel engines

MPB Musculus, T Lachaux, LM Pickett, CA Idicheria - 2007 - sae.org
Although low-temperature combustion (LTC) strategies for compression-ignition engines
can achieve very low emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter (PM) at high …

Investigation of fuel effects on dilute, mixing-controlled combustion in an optical direct-injection diesel engine

AS Cheng, A Upatnieks, CJ Mueller - Energy & Fuels, 2007 - ACS Publications
Effects of fuel type on dilute diesel combustion and emissions were investigated using an
optically accessible diesel engine. A number 2 diesel fuel, a primary reference fuel blend …

UHC and CO emissions sources from a light-duty diesel engine undergoing dilution-controlled low-temperature combustion

IW Ekoto, WF Colban, PC Miles, SW Park… - … International Journal of …, 2010 - JSTOR
Unburned hydrocarbon (UHC) and carbon monoxide (CO) emission sources are examined
in an optical, light-duty diesel engine operating under low load and engine speed, while …

Lift-Off Length and KL Extinction Measurements of Biodiesel and Fischer-Tropsch Fuels under Quasi-Steady Diesel Engine Conditions

F Payri, JV Pastor, JG Nerva, JM Garcia-Oliver - SAE International Journal of …, 2011 - JSTOR
The relationship between ignition, lift-off length and soot formation was investigated for a
collection of fuels in an optically-accessible modified 2-stroke engine under a set of typical …