Optimization and Design of Carbon-Free Internal Combustion Engine Systems
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "J: Thermal Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2022) | Viewed by 3354
Special Issue Editor
Interests: IC engines modeling; CFD simulation of energy systems; combustion modeling
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Dear Colleagues,
The importance of decarbonizing the energy sector is continuously growing, and the transportation sector plays an important role in this context. Although electric and electrified vehicles are forecasted to be very popular solutions in a short-time perspective, the future fleet will be most likely formed by a mix of different powertrain solutions. Many authors in the literature point out that a fully decarbonized mobility scenario cannot withstand the thorough exploitation of IC engines’ potential.
The focus of this Special Issue is concentrated on the demonstration of how a dedicated ICE design, which can target the specific engine power range within a defined hybrid solution, is probably the most effective and fast root to decarbonisation. Possible developments are focused on innovative ignition and combustion concepts, bio-fuel and H2 engine optimization, as well as subsystem development. Both modelling and experimental works, as well as papers combining both of them, are appreciated.
Topic of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Pre-chamber lean-burn NG and NG-H2 engines;
- Direct injection H2 engines;
- Development of new generation boosting systems;
- Biofuel and hydrogen injection systems;
- Biofuel combustion systems modelling and optimization.
Dr. Mirko Baratta
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- decarbonization
- hydrogen
- biofuel
- engine optimization
- lean-burn prechamber engines
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