A fuel-focused review of pre-chamber initiated combustion

G Trombley, E Toulson - Energy Conversion and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
This review covers efforts to optimize combustion in spark ignition and compression ignition
engines using pre-chamber ignition systems, with a focus on the fuel used in the pre …

[HTML][HTML] Turbulent combustion modeling for internal combustion engine CFD: A review

S Posch, C Gößnitzer, M Lang, R Novella… - Progress in Energy and …, 2025 - Elsevier
The modeling of combustion or, to be exact, turbulent combustion using numerical
simulation has become state-of-the-art in the process of developing internal combustion …

Effect of ammonia addition on combustion characteristics of hydrogen/air using passive turbulent jet ignition

Z Wang, C Ji, T Zhang, S Wang, H Yang, Y Zhai… - Applied Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Hydrogen (H 2) and ammonia (NH 3) are ideal carbon-free fuels, and the
application of NH 3/H 2 in internal combustion engines offers the potential to reduce carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical and experimental evaluation of the passive pre-chamber concept for future CNG SI engines

R Payri, R Novella, I Barbery, O Bori-Fabra - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The third decade of the 21st century is set to be one of the most relevant in terms of the
transition of methods and forms of using different energy sources, with short and medium …

Effect of passive pre-chamber orifice diameter on the methane combustion process in an optically accessible SI engine

J Antolini, P Sementa, C Tornatore, F Catapano… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to its potential to extend the lean limit or overcome knock-limited conditions on spark-
ignited (SI) engines, the pre-chamber spark-ignition (PCSI) concept has gained attention as …

Experimental investigation on combustion characteristics of ammonia/air using turbulent jet ignition with auxiliary oxygen in pre-chamber

Z Wang, C Ji, D Wang, T Zhang, S Wang… - Applied Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ammonia (NH 3) is a potential alternative fuel for internal combustion engines, but the
disadvantages of low combustion intensity and high nitrogen oxides should be addressed to …

Effects of pre-chamber flow-field on combustion stability in a spark-ignition engine using large-eddy simulations

R Novella, JM Pastor, J Gomez-Soriano, I Barbery - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Significant efforts are under way to develop innovative ignition systems for spark-ignition
engines used in transportation. Within this context, passive pre-chamber technology has …

Experimental observation of the combustion modes based on a novel multistage pre-chamber turbulent jet ignition (TJI) system

L Zhou, L Zhong, P Liu, Z Feng, H Wei - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Transient jet flame propagation under newly proposed multistage pre-chambers is studied in
a constant-volume combustion chamber with a high-speed schlieren photography system …

Laser and pre-chamber ignition, combustion and flame propagation characteristics of CH4/air mixtures in a constant volume combustion chamber

H Yilmaz, L Schröder, T Hillenbrand… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The most important stages determining the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of a
combustion process are mixture preparation, ignition, combustion itself and pollutant …

Experimental investigation of the influence of pre-chamber structural parameters on combustion and emission characteristics of a high compression ratio SI engine

R Wang, F Zhou, J Liu, Q Zhang, J Qiao, D Jia… - Thermal Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The passive pre-chamber exhibits great potential for practical applications in the internal
combustion engine due to its simple structure. However, it faces difficulties in scavenging …