Book Description

Summary: This book contains the papers presented at the IMechE's Internal Combustion Engines: Performance, fuel economy and emissions conference, held at the IMechE, London, 8-9 December 2009. This conference, the latest in the successful biannual series on internal combustion engines, addresses drivers of change, technological developments and advances in the latest research. It examines developments for personal transport applications, though many of the drivers of change apply to light and heavy-duty, on and off-highway, transport and other sectors. The conference focuses on spark ignition engine technology for fuel economy, engine downsizing design and analysis, diesel engine design and analysis, and fuels. About the editors: The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) is one of the leading professional engineering institutions in the world. Contents: SI ENGINES: TECHNOLOGY FOR FUEL ECONOMY A comparison of inlet valve operating strategies in a single cylinder spark ignition engine Future gasoline engine downsizing technologies - CO2 improvements and engine design considerations SI ENGINES: DOWNSIZING, DESIGN AND ANALYSIS Variable valve actuation enabled high efficiency gasoline engine A variable compression opposed-piston SI engine Application of high-precision absolute pressure sensors for gas exchange analysis DIESEL ENGINES: DESIGN AND ANALYSIS Effects of cooled and super-cooled low pressure EGR systems on the LD diesel engine performances Effect of compression ratio on combustion stability and performance of a DI diesel engine under cold conditions Effect of charge density on emissions in a HD-LTC diesel engine by retarding intake valve timing and rising boost pressure EMISSIONS CONTROL: NOx AND PARTICULATES Measures to improve the NOx-PM trade off for passenger car Diesel engines at elevated engine load Low particulate combustion development of the JCB Dieselmax mid-range off highway engine Exhaust inorganic nanoparticle emissions from internal combustion engines FUELS AND DIESEL ENGINES In-cylinder fuel injection and combustion analysis on 2nd generation bio-fuels in a single cylinder CR DI diesel optical engine Low NOx, low smoke operation of a diesel engine using a gasoline fuel Dual-fuel and low-carbon HGVs using bio methane Investigation of fuel properties and characterization of new generation alternative fuel for diesel engine LOW-TEMPERATURE COMBUSTION Hydrogen homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engine with DME as an ignition promoter HCCI simulation of a non reciprocating internal combustion engine The effects of exhaust back pressure on conventional and low temperature diesel combustion FUELS AND SI ENGINES Omnivore: an automotive flex-fuel 2-stroke engine with variable compression ratio, variable charge trapping and direct fuel injection A study of gasoline-alcohol blended fuels in a turbocharged DISI engine The nature of "superknock" and its origins in SI engines