A realistic performance analysis of oscillating water column wave energy converters (WECs) addresses to a set of non-linear differential equations that need to be integrated in time, by using a stochastic approach, under the hypothesis of random wind-generated sea waves, for all the sea states...

The Dynamic Adaptive Chemistry (DAC) technique is extended in this work to multidimensional simulations of ethanol HCCI/PSCCI engines. Several DAC computations have been performed by using two kinetic reaction mechanisms of ethanol with different levels of detail, that include 57 species and 135...

The environmental impact of automotive transport systems and the need for reducing petroleum dependence lead to the development of alternative combustion strategies and the use of renewable fuels. In this work, HCCI combustion mode, by using ethanol as fuel, is analysed in order to clarify the...

The stringent regulations on the reduction of both pollutant emissions and dependence from crude oil have increased the interest toward alternative energy resources. Transport and energy production sectors are strongly involved in the pollutions net environmental balance and, at the same time,...