：For a sequential port fuel injection natural gas engine, its combustion and emission characteristics at low loads are crucial to meet light-duty vehicle emission regulations. Fuel injection timing is an important parameter related to the mixture formation in the cylinder. Its effect on the combustion and emission characteristics of a natural gas engine were investigated at 0.2 MPa brake mean effective pressure (BMEP) /2000 rpm and 0.26 MPa BMEP/1500 rpm. The results show that early fuel injection timing is beneficial to the reduction of the coefficient of variation (COV) of indicated mean effective pressure (IMEP) under lean burn conditions and to extending the lean burn limits at the given loads. When relative air/fuel ratio is over 1.3, fuel injection timing has a relatively large effect on engine-out emissions. The levels of NOx emissions are more sensitive to the fuel injection timing at 0.26 MPa BMEP/1500 rpm. An early fuel injection timing under lean burn conditions can be used to control engine out NOx emissions.

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：Bi-fuel system in a spark ignition engine (SIE) is a rising phenomena in today's automobile technology. In a gasoline driven vehicle, alternatively adoption of compressed natural gas (CNG) could be used as a potential substitute to meet the energy requirement and this is possible by some minor changes in the hardware of the existing engine. Gasoline engine is widely used in the passenger cars, light, medium and heavy duty vehicles but the consumption status of the petroleum is decreasing worldwide and at the same time environmental pollution from automobiles is seriously establishes as a threat for every nation in respect to global warming and climate changes. Now-a-days most vehicles operate using CNG for its popularity stems, clean burning properties and cost effective solution compared to other alternative fuels. It refers as a good gaseous fuel because of its high octane number and self ignition temperature. Though the power output is slightly lesser than the gasoline fuel; its thermal efficiency is better than the gasoline for the same SIE. The research paper highlights the reduction of CO, reasonable outcomes of HC emissions with minor increase in NOx emissions compared with the gasoline fuel to bi-fuel mode in the SIE that meets the emission challenges.

Comparative analysis study of the flow characteristics and the experiment was done to try to present the orientation of the solenoid structure to be produced in the future. The comparative analysis of the analysis and experimental values was performed using the experiments and ANSYS CFD. 3D modeling of the structure are designed by the CATIA V5R18, meshing process of the flow section was used by ICEM CFD program. Flow rate was indicated by using the experimental values appear in 0-10 ℓ/min, the result of the flow analysis, was 0.18 ℓ/min Max. It was possible to suggest a solenoid structure more efficient through comparative analysis of experimental values and flow analysis.