New Fuels and Advanced Combustion Modes for Innovative Internal Combustion Engines: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "I2: Energy and Combustion Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 August 2025 | Viewed by 454
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Interests: energy systems analyses and development; internal combustion engine modeling and testing; alternative fuels
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Interests: carbon-free fuels; biofuels; combustion analysis; 1D engine modeling; 3D combustion simulation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Today, the need to reduce both greenhouse gas and pollutant emissions is a challenge for the whole energy sector. This leads to both the introduction of new technologies and the improvement of the most widely used, traditional ones. Among the latter, internal combustion engines (ICEs) provide about 25% of the world power today. In particular, the whole transport sector is largely based on this technology. The replacement of ICEs with combustion-less technologies appears to be a tough challenge from both a technical and economic point of view. It seems difficult to achieve this goal in a short time on a global scale. Furthermore, the impact of all technologies still needs to be carefully assessed by considering their entire life and use cycle.
Thus, ICEs may still play an important role in the near future. It is still important to continue to develop them in order to increase the transport sector sustainability.
The environmental impact of ICEs can be reduced, exploiting new fuels and investigating innovative combustion modes. Carbon-free fuels (hydrogen and ammonia), low-carbon fuels (methane, methanol, etc.), e-fuels, and biofuels can strongly contribute to reduce greenhouse gas and pollutant emissions. Considering both conventional and non-conventional fuels, advanced combustion strategies (HCCI, RCCI, TJI, etc.) can improve the energy conversion efficiency.
This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent advances related to the design, experimentation, and modeling of conventional and innovative internal combustion engines fueled by both conventional and new fuels.
Topics of interest for publication include but are not limited to:
- Potential and limits of new fuels in ICEs;
- Innovative combustion modes (HCCI, RCCI, TJI, etc.);
- Novel developments of conventional combustion modes (SI and CI);
- Developments of fuel injection systems;
- Well-to-wheel and life cycle assessment of ICE-based vehicles running with both conventional and new fuels.
Dr. Enzo Galloni
Dr. Davide Lanni
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- internal combustion engines
- carbon-free fuels
- e-fuels
- biofuels
- advanced combustion modes
- fuel injection systems
- well-to-wheel
- life cycle assessment
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