Review of high efficiency and clean reactivity controlled compression ignition (RCCI) combustion in internal combustion engines

Limits of Internal Combustion Engines Efficiency

List of old and new concepts of ICE thermodynamic improvements considering realistic limits of both mechanical and thermal stress and pollutant emissions, especially new concepts of combustion (HCCI-like), piston motion control, consequences of downsizing, possibilities of waste heat recovery and heat regeneration. Methods of simulation for conceptual optimization in hierarchy of procedures. Im...

Numerical Study of Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition (RCCI) Combustion in a Heavy-Duty Diesel Engine Using 3D-CFD Coupled with Chemical Kinetics

In this paper, a numerical study is performed to provide the combustion and emission characteristics resulting from fuel-reactivity controlled compression ignition (RCCI) combustion mode in a heavy-duty, single-cylinder diesel engine with gasoline and diesel fuels. In RCCI strategy in-cylinder fuel blending is used to develop fuel reactivity gradients in the combustion chamber that result in a ...

The effect of hydrogen and nitrogen addition on heavy duty diesel engine emissions under reactivity controlled compression ignition combustion

The aim of this study is to evaluate a heavy duty diesel engine operation under reactivity controlled compression ignition combustion fueled with diesel oil and natural gas enriched with hydrogen and nitrogen addition. In this study, a single cylinder heavy– duty diesel engine is set to operate at 9.4bar gross IMEP (Mid- Load). The amount of injected diesel oil per cycle into the engine combust...

Transient combustion control of internal combustion engines

This thesis addresses the problem of combustion control for automotive engines. A method is proposed to complement existing controllers, which use lookup tables based on steady-state operation. During transients, the new control method adjusts fast control variables (ignition or injection time) to compensate for deviations in the cylinder initial conditions from their optimal values due to the ...

Internal Combustion Engines