Idle speed control of ultra-lean burn engines continues to be a major focus of automotive engineers owing to the benefits offered in terms of fuel economy and emissions reduction. This paper applies a recently proposed linear time varying model predictive approach for the idle speed control of ultra-lean burn internal combustion engines. Unlike conventional gasoline engines, the approach uses f...

E85 is viewed as a potential alternative fuel to decrease fossil CO2 emissions and dependence on crude oil. As for their conventional counterparts, engines powering flex-fuel vehicles deliver optimal performance when the sensitive areas in the intake system are kept clean and free of deposits. Since no standard tests are available for evaluating the tendency of fuels to form intake valve deposi...

This paper describes the design and performance of a miniature cylinder pressure sensor packaged either as a stand-alone device or integrated with a cylinder head gasket, glow plug, fuel injector, or spark plug. Benefitting from a fiber-optic based design the sensing element can operate at ultra-high temperatures and is not affected by EMI. This low cost device utilizes the principle of light i...

Vegetable oil derived fuels for diesel engines are becoming important as alternative to petroleum diesel fuels due to their environmental friendliness and availability. Ignition quality in compression ignition (CI) engines is influenced by thermal characteristics and fuel properties. In this study, the effects of vegetable oil transesterification and vegetable oil-1-butanol-diesel blend on fuel...

Due to diminishing petroleum reserves and the environmental negative effects of exhaust gases from diesel engines, alternative fuels for diesel engines are becoming increasingly important Egyptian waste cooking oils have special specifications because it expose to high temperatures during use for long hours. In the present experimental study, the performance and emissions of a four strokes, sin...

To meet stringent fuel sulfur limits, together with NOx ships are increasingly utilizing dual-fuel (DF) engines operating liquified natural gas (LNG) as the primary fuel. Compared to diesel, LNG combustion produces less CO2, which is needed in targeting reduction of shipping impact on climate; however, this could be significantly interfered by methane emission formation. In study, emissions, ot...

INTRODUCTION VEHICLE engines have made remarkable progress since they first appeared and the operating range of engines in terms of rpm (revolutions per minute) and torque have expanded significantly. However, optimum engine design becomes difficult if the operation timing of the engine valves is fixed. For this reason, variable valve actuation has been used to optimize the valve timing in resp...