As an essential part of engine health monitoring (EHM), online lubrication oil debris monitoring has recently received great attention for the assessment of rotating and reciprocating parts in aero-engines, due to its high integration, low cost and safe characteristics. However, it is be a challenge to find a suitable sensor operating in such a complex environment. We present an unconventional ...

An ever-increasing drift of energy consumption, unequal geographical distribution of natural wealth and the quest for low carbon fuel for a cleaner environment are sparking the production and use of biodiesels in many countries around the globe. In this work, jatropha and karanja biodiesels were produced from the respective crude vegetable oils through transesterification, and the different phy...

An ever-increasing drift of energy consumption, unequal geographical distribution of natural wealth and the quest for low carbon fuel for a cleaner environment are sparking the production and use of biodiesels in many countries around the globe. In this work, jatropha and karanja biodiesels were produced from the respective crude vegetable oils through transesterification, and the different phy...

The reason of this study is low cycle failure of cast iron cylinder head during the E5 standard durability test. The goal of the present investigation is durability test simulation and low cycle fatigue life evaluation of cast iron cylinder head. With uncouple structural analysis, preloads, thermal and mechanical load and boundary conditions are prescribed to finite element model of the cylinde...

The paper concerns the identification process applied for a semi-empirical model of working process in the CI engine. The identification is based on pressure courses in the cylinder recorded during the experimental measurements on the test stand and is performed for estimation of values of the model parameters. Appropriate estimated values of the model parameters ensure minimization of the diff...

An experimental investigation is carried out to establish the performance and emission characteristics of a compression ignition engine while using cerium oxide nanoparticles as additive in neat diesel and diesel-biodiesel-ethanol blends. In the first phase of the experiments, stability of neat diesel and diesel-biodiesel-ethanol fuel blends with the addition of cerium oxide nanoparticles are a...

The performance of internal combustion engines should be improved depending on some technological requirements and rapid increase in the fuel expenses. On the other hand, the improvements in engine materials are forced by using alternative fuels and environmental requirements. Therefore, the performances of engine materials become increasingly important. The purpose of PZT loaded cyanate modifi...

In this paper, a high gain observer is designed for a parameter varying polytopic model to estimate the enclosed mass in the combustion chamber of a spark ignited engine. The high gain strategy allows the design of an observer that handles the uncertain part of the system. The observer uses the cylinder pressure measurement during the compression stroke to estimate the enclosed mass. An engine ...

Economic (fuel price), political (energetic independence), health (cancerous pollutants) and environmental (green house effect) concerns have greatly contributed to the evolution of pollutant emission regulations and fuel consumption regulations in the last decade. A better understanding of the combustion process for operating conditions near the stability limit will probably be the next step t...