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Umashankar M Joshi


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Effect of Inlet Air Temperature on Auto-Ignition of Fuels with Different Cetane Number and Volatility Oct 2011 13 pages
Authors:  Chandrasekharan Jayakumar; Ziliang Zheng; Umashankar M Joshi; Walter Bryzik; Naeim A Henein; Eric Sattler; WAYNE STATE UNIV DETROIT MI
The full text of this report is available for sale.This paper investigates the effect of air inlet temperature on the auto-ignition of fuels that have different CN and volatility in a single cylinder diesel engine. The inlet air temperature is varied over a range of 30?C to 110?C. The fuels used are ultra-low-sulfur-diesel (ULSD), JP-8 (two blends with CN 44.1 & 31) and F-T SPK. Detailed analysis is made of the rate of heat release during the ignition delay ...


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