A review of the pre-chamber ignition system applied on future low-carbon spark ignition engines

S Zhu, S Akehurst, A Lewis, H Yuan - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Legislations for greenhouse gas and pollutant emissions from light-duty vehicles are
pushing the spark ignition engine to be cleaner and more efficient. As one of the promising …

Toward highly-efficient combustion of ammonia–hydrogen engine: Prechamber turbulent jet ignition

L Zhou, L Zhong, Z Liu, H Wei - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Ammonia (NH 3) energy has emerged as a new international strategy to mitigate climate
change and energy crises because ammonia–hydrogen fuel can effectively overcome the …

Enhanced combustion of ammonia engine based on novel air-assisted pre-chamber turbulent jet ignition

Z Liu, L Zhou, L Zhong, H Wei - Energy Conversion and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Ammonia has demonstrated great potential for achieving zero carbon emissions from
internal combustion engines. However, the application of ammonia in engines faces the …

Experimental investigation on the performance of pure ammonia engine based on reactivity controlled turbulent jet ignition

Z Liu, L Zhou, H Wei - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Ammonia-based internal combustion engines (ICEs) produce carbon-free emissions.
However, the application of ammonia in ICEs results in difficult ignition, combustion …

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 …

Extending ultra-lean burn performance of high compression ratio pre-chamber jet ignition engines based on injection strategy and optimized structure

B Wang, F Xie, W Hong, J Du, H Chen, X Li - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The pre-chamber jet ignition technology significantly enhances the thermal efficiency and
lean burn limit of the engine. In this study, a single-cylinder pre-chamber engine is subjected …

Hydrogen pre-chamber combustion at lean-burn conditions on a heavy-duty diesel engine: A computational study

X Liu, H Aljabri, M Silva, AS AlRamadan, MB Houidi… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
The combustion of hydrogen generates almost no harmful emissions except for nitric oxides
(NO x), which could be effectively eliminated under lean-burn conditions. In particular, the …

Evaluation of the passive pre-chamber ignition concept for future high compression ratio turbocharged spark-ignition engines

J Benajes, R Novella, J Gómez-Soriano… - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The pre-chamber ignition concept is an attractive strategy to enable the operation of spark-
ignition engines in lean or diluted conditions keeping a suitable combustion process …

Computational assessment of the effects of pre-chamber and piston geometries on the combustion characteristics of an optical pre-chamber engine

X Liu, ME Marquez, S Sanal, M Silva, AS AlRamadan… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Pre-chamber combustion (PCC) has the potential to extend the lean-burn limit in spark-
ignition engines, which can promote engine efficiency and relieve the concern of emissions …

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 …