Internal Combustion Engines

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• SI Engines and downsizingChapter 1: Design and development of a dedicated range extender engineABSTRACT1 INTRODUCTION2 RANGE EXTENDER ENGINE CONCEPT SELECTION3 RANGE EXTENDER ENGINE DESIGN HIGHLIGHTS4 INITIAL TEST RESULTS5 E-REV FUEL CONSUMPTION ASSESSMENT6 CONCLUSIONSChapter 2: Multiple injection and boosting benefits for improved fuel consumption on a Spray Guided Direct Injection gasoline engineABSTRACTINTRODUCTIONEXPERIMENTAL SETUPDESIGN OF EXPERIMENTSRESULTS AND DISCUSSIONSUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONSACKNOWLEDGEMENTSChapter 3: Optimisation of Variable Length Intake Manifolds for a gasoline turbocharged downsized engineABSTRACT1 INTRODUCTION2 EXPERIMENTAL SET UP3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION4 CONCLUSIONS4.1 Low speed torque:GDI Particulates and other emissionsChapter 4: Spray imaging, mixture preparation and particulate matter emissions using a GDI engine fuelled with stoichiometric gasoline/ethanol blendsABSTRACT1 INTRODUCTION2 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION3 CONCLUSIONSACKNOWLEDGMENTSChapter 5: Study of transient particulate and gaseous emissions from a modern GDI engineABSTRACT1 INTRODUCTION2 APPARATUS3 EXPERIMENTS4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION5 CONCLUSIONS6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSChapter 6: Particulate matter emission from different combustion modes in a 2/4 stroke switchable direct injection gasoline engineABSTRACT1 INTRODUCTION2 EXPERIMENTAL SET UP3 ENGINE OPERATING CONDITIONS4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS5 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONDiesel fuel injectionChapter 7: Experimental analysis of nozzle flow number impact on partial and full load performance of a Euro5 automotive diesel engineABSTRACTDEFINITIONS, ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS1 INTRODUCTION2 THE ENGINE AND THE EXPERIMENTAL LAYOUT3 THE EXPERIMENTAL TEST METHODOLOGY4 EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS5 CONCLUSIONSChapter 8: In-cylinder studies of split injection in a single cylinder optical diesel engineABSTRACT1 INTRODUCTION2 EXPERIMENTAL SETUP3 OPERATING CONDITION4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION5 CONCLUSIONSChapter 9: The effect of closely coupled pilot injections on diesel engine emissionsABSTRACT1 CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS2 METHODOLOGY3 SINGLE CYLINDER ENGINE RESULTS4 ENGINE RESULTS, 1.6LITRE 4 CYLINDER5 OPTIMUM DWELL, CFD SIMULATION6 SUMMARY7 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSEngine designChapter 10: Analysis of CAI/HCCI combustion in a 2-stroke poppet valve engineABSTRACT1 INTRODUCTION2 EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS4 CONCLUSIONSACKNOWLEDGEMENTChapter 11: The RCV engine. Technical analysis and real world benefits1 INTRODUCTION2 RCV TECHNOLOGY3 RCV APPLICATIONS4 SUMMARYFuels and emissionsChapter 12: Research into requirements for worldwide sustainable biodiesel capabilityABSTRACT1 INTRODUCTION2 WORLDWIDE BIODIESEL REVIEW3 TEST METHODOLOGY4 RESULTS5 DISCUSSION6 CONCLUSIONS7 RECOMMENDATIONS8 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTChapter 13: Effect of hydrogen and DME injection in homogeneous charge compression ignition engine with DME second injection strategyABSTRACT1 INTRODUCTION2 EXPERIMENT3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS4 CONCLUSIONSACKNOWLEDGEMENTChapter 14: Experimental evaluation of performance and emissions of DI diesel engine fuelled with eucalyptus biodieselABSTRACT1 INTRODUCTION2 BIODIESEL PREPARATION AND ITS CHARACTERIZATION3 ENGINE TEST EQUIPMENT AND PROCEDURE4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS5 CONCLUSIONChapter 15: New approaches to design of experiment modeling based on engine control levers and fuel propertiesABSTRACTINTRODUCTIONFUEL MATRIX AND RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FUEL PROPERTIESDESIGN OF EXPERIMENTCOMBINED DOE CRITERIONDEFINITION OF TEST PLAN FOR COMBINED DOEENGINE SPECIFICATION AND SELECTED OPERATING POINTSMODEL COEFFICIENTS AND IMPORTANCE OF FIRST ORDERSRESULTS AND ANALYSISCONCLUSION AND REMARKSChapter 16: Cold start emission and CO2 reduction by engine idle combustion quality improvement in dedicated CNG pick-up truckABSTRACTDEFINITIONS1 INTRODUCTION2 INVESTIGATION OF POOR COMBUSTION AT IDLE3 VALVE TIMING RE-OPTIMISATION4 IMPROVEMENT IN IDLE COMBUSTION5 RECALIBRATION AND COLD START EMISSIONS6 CONCLUSION7 ACKNOWLEDGMENTSChapter 17: Significant CO2 reductions by utilising the synergies between a downsized SI engine and biofuelsABSTRACT1 INTRODUCTION2 METHODOLOGY3 RESULTS – ENGINE TESTING4 DRIVE CYCLE MODELLING5 CONCLUSIONSEmissions after-treatmentChapter 18: Experiments on a light duty SCR test exhaust system using ammonia gas to provide data for validation of a CFD modelABSTRACT1 INTRODUCTION2 EXPERIMENTAL TEST RIG AND PROCEDURE3 CFD MODEL4 MEASUREMENTS IN THE TEST EXHAUST5 MEASUREMENTS FROM TEST EXHAUST COMPARED WITH STEADY-STATE CFD SIMULATIONS6 CONCLUSIONSACKNOWLEDGMENTSChapter 19: Periodically regenerating diesel particulate filter with a H2/CO mixture addition: towards a fuel reformer diesel engine aftertreatment systemABSTRACT1 INTRODUCTION2 EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS AND TEST PROCEDURE3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONCONCLUSIONS5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSChapter 20: Using 3D CFD to model exhaust fuel dosing device (fuel vaporizer) and oxidation of hydrocarbonABSTRACTABBREVIATIONS AND NOMENCLATURE1 INTRODUCTION2 ALTERNATIVE TURBULENCE MODELS3 CORRELLATIONS4 DISCUSSION OF RESULTS5 CONCLUSIONSACKNOWLEDGEMENTSChapter 21: Effect of ignition induced misfire on emission and catalyst temperature a comparative study in a 1.2L MPI engine with multiple fuelsABSTRACTABBREVIATIONSINTRODUCTIONSYSTEM SPECIFICATIONEXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURERESULTS AND DISCUSSIONSCONCLUSIONAuthor Index