Fundamental phenomena affecting low temperature combustion and HCCI engines, high load limits and strategies for extending these limits

S Saxena, ID Bedoya - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2013 - Elsevier
Low temperature combustion (LTC) engines are an emerging engine technology that offers
an alternative to spark-ignited and diesel engines. One type of LTC engine, the …

Fuel design and management for the control of advanced compression-ignition combustion modes

X Lu, D Han, Z Huang - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2011 - Elsevier
Due to concerns regarding the greenhouse effect and limitations on carbon dioxide
emissions, the possibility of a next-generation combustion mode for internal combustion …

Boosted HCCI-controlling pressure-rise rates for performance improvements using partial fuel stratification with conventional gasoline

JE Dec, Y Yang, N Dronniou - SAE International Journal of Engines, 2011 - JSTOR
This study investigates the potential of partial fuel stratification for reducing the knocking
propensity of intake-boosted HCCI engines operating on conventional gasoline. Although …

Tailoring HCCI heat-release rates with partial fuel stratification: Comparison of two-stage and single-stage-ignition fuels

Y Yang, JE Dec, N Dronniou, M Sjöberg - Proceedings of the Combustion …, 2011 - Elsevier
This work concerns one of the major issues restricting the application of homogeneous
charge compression-ignition (HCCI) engines, overly rapid combustion at high-load …

Partial fuel stratification to control HCCI heat release rates: fuel composition and other factors affecting pre-ignition reactions of two-stage ignition fuels

Y Yang, J Dec, N Dronniou, M Sjöberg… - SAE International Journal …, 2011 - JSTOR
Homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) combustion with fully premixed charge
is severely limited at high-load operation due to the rapid pressure-rise rates (PRR) which …

Direct numerical simulations of ignition of a lean n-heptane/air mixture with temperature and composition inhomogeneities relevant to HCCI and SCCI combustion

MB Luong, GH Yu, T Lu, SH Chung, CS Yoo - Combustion and Flame, 2015 - Elsevier
The effects of temperature and composition stratifications on the ignition of a lean n-
heptane/air mixture at three initial mean temperatures under elevated pressure are …

φ-sensitivity for LTGC engines: Understanding the fundamentals and tailoring fuel blends to maximize this property

DL Pintor, J Dec, G Gentz - 2019 - sae.org
Φ-sensitivity is a fuel characteristic that has important benefits for the operation and control
of low-temperature gasoline combustion (LTGC) engines. A fuel is φ-sensitive if its …

Reactivity controlled compression ignition (RCCI) combustion

SL Kokjohn - 2012 - search.proquest.com
Abstract Premixed Compression Ignition (PCI) strategies are promising methods to achieve
low engine out NOx and soot emissions and high efficiency. However, PCI strategies have …

Boosted HCCI combustion using low-octane gasoline with fully premixed and partially stratified charges

Y Yang, J Dec, N Dronniou, W Cannella - SAE International Journal of …, 2012 - JSTOR
High-load HCCI combustion has recently been demonstrated with conventional gasoline
using intake pressure boosting. The key is to control the high combustion heat release rates …

Effect of piston shapes and fuel injection strategies on stoichiometric stratified flame ignition (SFI) hybrid combustion in a PFI/DI gasoline engine by numerical …

X Wang, H Zhao, H Xie - Energy Conversion and Management, 2015 - Elsevier
In this research, the stratified flame ignition (SFI) hybrid combustion process was proposed
to enhance the control of SI–CAI hybrid combustion and moderate the maximum pressure …