Internal Combustion Engines in the Energy Transition: Efficiency, Control, and Sustainable Fuels
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "I2: Energy and Combustion Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 July 2026 | Viewed by 26
Special Issue Editors
Interests: internal combustion engines; fuel injection systems; computational fluid dynamics; compressible fluid flows; fluid power systems
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Interests: internal combustion engines; combustion; fuel injection systems; computational fluid dynamics; compressible fluid flows; fluid power systems; cavitation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Internal combustion engines (ICEs) remain a key technology in transportation and power generation, despite the ongoing energy transition. In fact, ICEs will continue to play an important role in applications where electrification is not suitable, such as long-haul road transportation and marine propulsion. In these contexts, it is still required to further improve the efficiency and environmental impact of ICEs, particularly by reducing their carbon footprint. These goals can be achieved with extensive experimental or numerical studies, as well as with the implementation of new techniques for monitoring engines in real-time. In parallel, the usage of new fuels such as ammonia, hydrogen, methanol, or e-fuels offers a promising pathway to reduce carbon emissions, albeit introducing new challenges.
The aim of this Special Issue is to collect and disseminate analyses (by means of experimental or numerical approaches) of internal combustion engines, applications of sustainable fuels, and developments of new control strategies for efficient management.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Strategies for monitoring and controlling injection and combustion events;
- Real-time and off-line modeling;
- Applications of sustainable fuels;
- Combustion performance of green fuels and their blends;
- Spray technologies;
- Numerical and experimental analyses;
- Innovative techniques for emissions reduction;
- Advanced approaches to improve engine efficiency.
Dr. Oscar Vento
Prof. Dr. Alessandro Ferrari
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- internal combustion engines
- injection systems
- combustion
- sustainable fuels
- ammonia
- hydrogen
- combustion control
- combustion modeling
- innovative control strategy
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