The importance of new alternative fuels has assumed great relevance in the last decades to
face the issues of global warming and pollutant emissions from energy production. The …

In this paper, a computational study was performed using a combination of several
numerical tools to better understand the limiting aspects of combustion in a passive pre …

This paper investigates the potential of coated pistons in reducing fuel consumption and
pollutant emissions of a 1.6 l automotive diesel engine. After a literary review on the state-of …

Hydrogen is one of the most promising alternative fuels for the transportation industry. The
use of hydrogen to enable lean burn in internal combustion engines is an attractive solution …

The need to improve the thermal efficiency of gasoline engines used in hybrid vehicles, has
led to explore new solutions for reducing engine heat losses. Hence, it is important for the …

Thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) have low thermal conductivity, effectively reducing the
temperature of the metal matrix and improving thermal performance, knock resistance, and …

The engine oil contamination by both particulate matter (PM) and fuel is becoming an
important problem since strategies to control pollutant emissions in internal combustion …

An advanced heat insulation coat, named Smart Thermal Coating (Smart TIC), was
investigated in a marine low-speed two-stroke engine. Different with the conventional …

To comply with the very strict emissions regulation the automotive industry is succeeding in
developing ever more efficient engines, and there is scope for more improvements. In this …

This article presents a study of the impact on engine efficiency of the heat loss reduction due
to in-cylinder coating insulation. A numerical methodology based on one-dimensional heat …