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Comparative Study of Kinetic Mechanisms for Natural Gas Combustion in an Internal Combustion Engine

Keywords: Reduced mechanism, detailed mechanism, combustion, methane, IC engine

Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology

Volume 29 ,  Issue 4

MUHAMMAD  MANSHA , A.R. SALEEMI   , Jamal  Gul ,

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