Performance and Emissions of Advanced Fuels in Combustion Engines
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "I2: Energy and Combustion Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 May 2025 | Viewed by 107
Special Issue Editors
Interests: hydrogen internal combustion engines; alternative fuels research for vehicle propulsion and power generation; advanced laser diagnostic technologies used in fluid dynamics; electrification of vehicle
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Interests: diesel engine; marine engine; combustion and emissions; spray; testing; modelling
Interests: laser diagnostics; engine; fuel; combustion; multi-phase flow
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The impact of climate change is growing more severe around the globe and there is clear evidence that the 1.5 ⁰C temperature cap established in the Paris Agreement is not going to be achieved, given the current actions taken. It is critical for every country around the world to reduce their CO2 emissions in every sector possible.
At the moment, reciprocating internal combustion engines (ICEs) still dominate land and marine transport (99.8%). Despite all the advancements engineers have made in battery and fuel cell technologies, human society still heavily relies on ICEs due to their availability, cost, reliability, safety, and energy density, as well as the availability of their infrastructure.
The use of decarbonized fuels or carbon-neutral fuels in internal combustion will help the world cope with these problems. With very small changes, these ICEs could provide a similar power and flexibility to that of conventional ICEs by burning hydrogen, ammonia, ethanol, or methanol. This shift from crude oil-powered ICEs to green, alternative-fuel-powered ICEs requires minimum effort and cost but can still achieve the same (if not a better) CO2 reduction target. Due to the lower cost, investment, and infrastructure requirements of this transition, shifting to these advanced-fuel-powered ICEs would be a significant help in allowing us to achieve our climate change targets.
This Special Issue aims to disseminate novel research that has been carried out in the areas of the design, testing, modelling, control, and application of different fuels used in combustion engines.
Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- The performance and emissions of engines powered by decarbonized fuels such as hydrogen and ammonia.
- The performance and emissions of engines powered by biofuels such as ethanol and methanol.
- The modelling and testing of the spray, flow, and combustion of advanced fuels.
- Low-carbon-fuel-powered combustion engines used in marine applications.
- The use of low-carbon fuels in hybrid applications.
- The using of advanced fuels in Wankel engines and two-stroke engines.
The use of advanced fuels in jet engines.
Dr. Changzhao Jiang
Dr. Dai Liu
Dr. Xiao Ma
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- low-carbon technologies
- combustion engines
- alternative fuels
- hydrogen
- ammonia
- ethanol
- methanol
- modelling
- testing
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