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  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
9,904 Views
19 Pages

8 October 2020

A miniature gas turbine (MGT) is proposed as a promising future energy source. Increasingly stringent requirements related to harmful combustible gas emissions and a trend towards improved energy generation efficiency drive the quest for new MGT tech...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,725 Views
17 Pages

Development of a Throttleable 6 kN H2O2/Butyl Alcohol Rocket Engine

  • Zbigniew Gut,
  • Adrian Parzybut and
  • David Perigo

The increasing demand for versatile and sustainable propulsion systems has intensified research into green propellants and advanced thrust modulation technologies. This study presents the development and testing of a throttleable rocket engine utiliz...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,008 Views
29 Pages

Example of Using Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm with Nelder–Mead Method for Flow Improvement in Axial Last Stage of Gas–Steam Turbine

  • Paweł Ziółkowski,
  • Łukasz Witanowski,
  • Stanisław Głuch,
  • Piotr Klonowicz,
  • Michel Feidt and
  • Aimad Koulali

7 June 2024

This article focuses principally on the comparison baseline and the optimized flow efficiency of the final stage of an axial turbine operating on a gas–steam mixture by applying a hybrid Nelder–Mead and the particle swarm optimization met...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,994 Views
20 Pages

Combustion Chamber Optimization for Dual-Fuel Biogas–Diesel Co-Combustion in Compression Ignition Engines

  • Stefano Caprioli,
  • Antonello Volza,
  • Francesco Scrignoli,
  • Tommaso Savioli,
  • Enrico Mattarelli and
  • Carlo Alberto Rinaldini

5 April 2023

Micro-cogeneration with locally produced biogas from waste is a proven technique for supporting the decarbonization process. However, the strongly variable composition of biogas can make its use in internal combustion engines quite challenging. Dual-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
11,681 Views
13 Pages

The transformation of a standard 4-stroke cylinder head into a torque-improved and gradually more efficient 2-stroke design is discussed. The concept with an effective loop scavenging via an extended inlet valve holds promise for engines at low- to m...