Effects of altitude on the soot emission and fuel consumption of a light-duty diesel engine

A four-cylinder, direct-injection (DI) diesel engine was used to study the effects of altitude on the variations of the exhaust soot emission and engine performance. The experiments were conducted in Mashhad, Iran, at an altitude of 975 m above sea level. A three-lobe rotary blower of Roots type wa...

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Main Authors: Mohsen Ghazikhani, Mohammad Ebrahim Feyz, Omid Mahian, Ali Sabazadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University 2013-07-01
Series:Transport
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Online Access:https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/Transport/article/view/4161