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Research Article

The impact of Miller cycle in combination to exhaust gas recirculation and post-injection on controlling diesel engine NOx

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Pages 7914-7931 | Received 17 Jan 2023, Accepted 09 Jun 2023, Published online: 15 Jun 2023

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