Ethnomethodology is an established method of research in technology related fields. In work settings, ethnomethodology has helped researchers to deepen their understanding of how collaborative activities unfold in a social context. While much collaboration is now carried out online, through distributed teams for example, ethnomethodology, as a method of analysis, has not received considerable i...

We propose a model-based control strategy to adapt the injection settings according to the airpath dynamics of a conventional Diesel engine. This approach complements existing airpath and fuelpath controllers, and aims at accurately controlling the middle of combustion. For that purpose, start of injection is adjusted based on a combustion model and intake manifold conditions. In particular, no...

Yoshihiro Sukegawa Kazuhiro Oryoji Eiji Ishii, Dr. Eng. OVERVIEW: Improving the fuel economy and emissions of vehicle engines requires a detailed understanding of the various physical processes taking place inside the engine so as to identify optimal combustion control techniques and engine component designs. Based on numerical techniques established by its power plant business for the analysis...

The design and development of modern internal combustion engines is marked by a reduction in exhaust gas emissions and increase in specific power and torque. Correspondingly, combustion noise excitation and fuel consumption also have to be reduced. These objectives can be achieved through the development of advanced combustion systems, the increased flexibility of fuel injection systems and ECU...

Homogeneous charge compression ignition technology has exhibited high potential to reduce fuel consumption and NOx emissions over normal spark-ignition engines significantly. Optimized kinetic process technology is implemented to realize homogeneous charge compression ignition combustion in a port fuel injection gasoline engine. The combustion and emission characteristics are investigated with ...

Gasoline compression ignition (GCI) has been shown as one of the advanced combustion concepts that could potentially provide a pathway to achieve cleaner and more efficient combustion engines. Fuel and air in GCI are not fully premixed compared to homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI), which is a completely kinetic-controlled combustion system. Therefore, the combustion phasing can be ...

A study on ignition and early combustion development has been performed in an optical engine at incylinder thermodynamic conditions representative of those occurring during the cold start of a modern DI Diesel engine for passenger cars at an ambient temperature of -20oC. A general description of the process has been derived from in-cylinder pressure analysis and high speed imaging, and the effe...

At present, it is highly required from the automobile sector to develop clean technologies with lower fuel consumption for ambient air quality improvement, green house gas reduction and energy security. Furthermore, due to continuously stringent emission legislation and the fast depletion of the primary energy resources, the development of new highly efficient and environment friendly combustio...