Advanced Combustion Technologies and Strategies for Internal Combustion Engines
A special issue of Fire (ISSN 2571-6255). This special issue belongs to the section "Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Simulation of Combustion and Fire".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2027 | Viewed by 9
Editors
Interests: internal combustion engine; energy management; hybrid powertrain system; thermal management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Internal combustion engines continue to play an important role in transportation, power generation, and hybrid powertrain systems, while facing increasing demands for higher efficiency, lower emissions, carbon neutrality, and safe utilization of alternative fuels. Advanced combustion technologies and control strategies are essential for improving thermal efficiency, reducing pollutant formation, enabling low-carbon and carbon-free fuels, and addressing combustion-related safety challenges. The highly coupled processes of fuel injection, spray atomization, ignition, flame propagation, heat release, pollutant formation, and flame–wall interaction involve complex fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, chemical kinetics, and thermal radiation, which are closely related to the scientific scope of Fire.
This Special Issue aims to present recent advances in combustion technologies, modelling methods, simulation approaches, and control strategies for internal combustion engines. We welcome original research and review articles focusing on fundamental combustion mechanisms, numerical simulation, experimental investigation, intelligent control, and system-level optimization for engine combustion. Particular attention will be given to studies that improve the understanding, prediction, and control of combustion processes under practical engine operating conditions.
Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, advanced combustion modes; hydrogen, ammonia, biofuel, synthetic fuel, and fuel-blend combustion; fuel injection and spray combustion; ignition, flame development, knock, pre-ignition, misfire, and combustion instability; pollutant formation and emission reduction; chemical kinetic mechanisms; CFD and reduced-order modelling of engine combustion; machine-learning-assisted combustion prediction and optimization; intelligent combustion control; thermal management; aftertreatment-related combustion issues; and combustion strategies for hybrid powertrain systems. Contributions may include experimental studies, numerical simulations, model development and validation, reviews, short communications, and methodological papers.
Dr. Liang Fang
Dr. Yunhua Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- internal combustion engines
- intelligent combustion control
- emission prediction and reduction
- alternative fuels and chemical mechanisms
- spray and combustion simulation
- CFD for combustion
- fuel injection strategy
- combustion and control optimization
- engine thermal management
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