Modern diesel engines tend to utilize significantly large quantities of exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and high intake pressures across the engine load range to meet NOx targets. At such high EGR rates, the combustion process and exhaust emissions tend to exhibit a marked sensitivity to small...

The experiments were performed using a modified six-cylinder turbocharged direct injection diesel engine with diesel of different distillation ranges to investigate the effects of (exhaust gas recirculation) EGR on engine performance and emission characteristics of low-temperature combustion...

Spark assisted compression ignition (SACI) combustion is a potential means of extending the high load limit of homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) while maintaining high thermal efficiency. In these experiments, an HCCI engine equipped with fully-flexible valve actuation was used to...

In this study, an HCCI engine equipped with fully-flexible valve actuation was used to explore the effects of diluent composition on the rates of HCCI and spark assisted compression ignition (SACI) combustion. The diluent composition of the charge was characterized by the molar O2 fraction in...

The future of compression ignition engines depends on their ability for keeping their competitiveness in terms of fuel consumption compared to spark-ignition engines. In this competitive framework, the Low Temperature Combustion (LTC) concept is a promising alternative to decrease NOx and soot...

This paper examines the exhaust waste heat recovery potential of a high-efficiency, low-emissions dual fuel low temperature combustion engine using an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC). Potential improvements in fuel conversion efficiency (FCE) and specific emissions (NOx and CO2) with hot exhaust gas...

Past numerical studies on natural gas HCCI engines have provided few thorough analyses of the effects of operating parameters on nitrogen oxides (referring to the mixture of nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide). A single zone thermodynamic model with detailed chemical kinetics was used to...

For diesel engines, low temperature combustion (LTC) with a high level of EGR and late injection becomes attractive because of its potential of simultaneous reduction of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter (PM) emissions. However, detailed thermodynamic evaluations including second law...

The effect of DMF (2,5-dimethylfuran) on combustion and emissions were investigated on a diesel engine. Four different fuels, mixture of cetane and iso-cetane, n-heptane, DMF and mixture of DMF and EHN (2-ethylhexyl nitrate), were added into diesel fuel with 20% blending ratio by volume, denoted...

Compared with ethanol or methanol, butanol has higher heating value and higher miscibility. Because of lower cetane number of butanol, butanol-diesel blends are more suitable for diesel low temperature combustion (LTC). In the paper, experimental study was carried out on a modified single...