Since the first edition of Combustion Engineering was published in 1998, worldwide
consumption of fossil and biomass fuels has increased by 20%. Additional population …

A previously developed and validated zero-dimensional, multi-zone, thermodynamic
combustion model for the prediction of spark ignition (SI) engine performance and nitric …

In the automotive industry, today's major objectives concern the reduction of pollutant
emissions and fuel consumption while improving performance and driveability. For this …

Nowadays 1D fluid dynamic models are widely used by engine designers, since they can
give sufficiently accurate predictions in short times, allowing to support the optimization and …

Recent research has proven that computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling in
combination with a genetic algorithm (GA) algorithm is an effective methodology to optimize …

A parametric study was carried out for the first firing cycle of a 4-cylinder, 2.0-liter,
turbocharged gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine. The primary goal was to see how …

Methanol is a sustainable and versatile alternative fuel for spark-ignition engines and other
combustion applications. To characterize the combustion behavior of this fuel, a good …

A quasi-dimensional model based on the concepts of fractal geometry has been developed
for an SI engine fuelled with natural gas/hydrogen blends. The fundamentals of the …

A systematic study of alternative single-and two-zone turbulence models proposed in the
literature is performed by comparing their performance against experimental results. These …

In this work, a quasi-dimensional, multi-zone combustion model is analytically presented, for
the prediction of performance and nitric oxide (NO) emissions of a homogeneous charge …