What fuel properties enable higher thermal efficiency in spark-ignited engines?

JP Szybist, S Busch, RL McCormick, JA Pihl… - Progress in Energy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Co-Optimization of Fuels and Engines (Co-Optima) initiative from the US
Department of Energy aims to co-develop fuels and engines in an effort to maximize energy …

A review of particulate number (PN) emissions from gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines and their control techniques

M Raza, L Chen, F Leach, S Ding - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
Particulate Matter (PM) emissions from gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines, particularly
Particle Number (PN) emissions, have been studied intensively in both academia and …

Improving thermal efficiency of internal combustion engines: recent progress and remaining challenges

RY Dahham, H Wei, J Pan - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Improving thermal efficiency and reducing carbon emissions are the permanent themes for
internal combustion (IC) engines. In the past decades, various advanced strategies have …

[HTML][HTML] Low-speed pre-ignition and super-knock in boosted spark-ignition engines: A review

K Rönn, A Swarts, V Kalaskar, T Alger, R Tripathi… - Progress in Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The introduction of downsized, turbocharged Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) engines in the
automotive market has led to a rapid increase in research on Low-speed Pre-ignition (LSPI) …

A theoretical and experimental study on the effects of parameters of two-stage turbocharging system on performance of a heavy-duty diesel engine

Z Zheng, H Feng, B Mao, H Liu, M Yao - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
The paper presents a theoretical analysis and experimental study on the effects of
parameters of two-stage turbocharging system on engine performance. A thermodynamic …

Effects of valve timing, valve lift and exhaust backpressure on performance and gas exchanging of a two-stroke GDI engine with overhead valves

M Dalla Nora, TDM Lanzanova, H Zhao - Energy Conversion and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The current demand for fuel efficient and lightweight powertrains, particularly for application
in downsized and hybrid electric vehicles, has renewed the interest in two-stroke engines. In …

Particulate emissions from a highly boosted gasoline direct injection engine

F Leach, R Stone, D Richardson… - … Journal of Engine …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Downsized, highly boosted, gasoline direct injection engines are becoming the preferred
gasoline engine technology to ensure that increasingly stringent fuel economy and …

Investigation and improvement of LSPI phenomena and study of combustion strategy in highly boosted SI combustion in low speed range

K Morikawa, Y Moriyoshi, T Kuboyama, Y Imai… - 2015 - sae.org
LSPI is an important issue to enable and enhance the effect of downsizing in SI engines.
Experimental work was carried out by using 4 cylinder turbocharged gasoline engine …

Investigation of performance and combustion characteristics of a four-valve supercharged two-stroke DI engine fuelled with gasoline and ethanol

M Dalla Nora, TDM Lanzanova, H Zhao - Fuel, 2018 - Elsevier
Worldwide emission legislations have promoted the development of more efficient internal
combustion engines through engine downsizing and advanced lean-burn combustion …

Using neural network and random forest algorithmic approaches to predicting particulate emissions from a highly boosted GDI engine

N Papaioannou, X Fang, F Leach, A Lewis… - SAE Technical …, 2021 - ora.ox.ac.uk
Particulate emissions from gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines continue to be a topic of
substantial research interest. Forthcoming regulation both in the USA and the EU will further …