in this paper, the effect of bioethanol- gasoline fuel blends on exhaust emissions of a four-cylinder spark ignition (si) engine was investigated experimentally. pure gasoline fuel was blended with various percentages of bioethanol (0, 20, 40, 60 and 85%), and the hc, co, co2 and nox exhaust emissions were measured at different engine speeds and two throttle valve positions (full throttle and 5...

Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) combustion is a pioneer method of combustion in which pre-mixed fuel and oxidizer (typically air) are compressed to the point of auto-ignition. HCCI engines can operate with most alternative fuels, especially, dimethyl ether (DME) which has been tested as a possible diesel fuel due to its simultaneously low NOx and PM emissions. In this paper a ...

Due to the difficulty directly study ammonia, present work investigated engine performance of lean iso-octane/air mixture approximate ammonia combustion behaviour. The was conducted using a single cylinder modified diesel that features spark plug and glow in sub-chamber. investigations varied speeds (1000 1500 RPM), voltages (6 10 volts), excess air ratios (1.4 1.8), ignition timings (-2 -5 °BT...

A modular controller structure for automotive power trains has certain bene ts These include improved pro ductivity through module reuse seamless integration of new features transparent removal of obsolete features and module sharing across powertrain platforms Mod ular architecture also potentially reduces the complexity in the design and calibration process in that controller modules for di e...

A validation study is presented of a wrinkled-ame turbulent combustion model for SI engine simulation. Predictions using a multidimensional simulation code incorporating the model are compared with extensive measurements from a special optically-accessible engine, covering a range of speeds, loads, equivalence ratios and ignition timings. The agreement obtained is generally good and within the ...

The present study focuses on the optimization in the use of non-petroleum fuel derived from waste fish oil fuels, as a replacement for petroleum diesel fuel for compression ignition engine. The study comprises of comparison between results of fish oil biodiesel-diesel blends on a compression ignition engine. Fuel properties such as viscosity, density, heat value of fuel, cetane number and a fla...

Recent developments on highly downsized spark ignition engines have been focused on knocking behaviour improvement and the most advanced technologies combination can face up to 2.5 MPa IMEP while maintaining acceptable fuel consumption. Unfortunately, knocking is not the only limit that strongly downsized engines have to confront. The improvement of low-end torque is limited by another abnormal...

Knowledge of the causes of forest fires, and of the main driving factors of ignition, is an indispensable step towards effective fire prevention policies. This study analyses the factors driving forest fire ignition in the Mediterranean region including the most common human and environmental factors used for modelling in the European context. Fire ignition factors are compared to spatial and t...

The influence of a turbulent spectrum of the temperature field on compression ignition at constant volume under homogeneous charge compression ignition engine conditions is studied by direct numerical simulation with complex chemistry. In particular the dependence of overall ignition progress on initial mixture conditions and turbulence parameters is determined. The propagation speed of ignitio...