Optical diagnostics of the combustion process in a PFI SI boosted engine fueled with butanol–gasoline blend

C Tornatore, L Marchitto, G Valentino, FE Corcione… - Energy, 2012 - Elsevier
Alcohol blends with hydrocarbon fuels for spark-ignition engine increase fuel octane rating
and power for a given engine displacement and compression ratio. In this work, the …

Experimental investigations of butanol-gasoline blends effects on the combustion process in a SI engine

SS Merola, C Tornatore, L Marchitto… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Fuel blend of alcohol and conventional hydrocarbon fuels for a spark-ignition engine can
increase the fuel octane rating and the power for a given engine displacement and …

In-cylinder spectroscopic measurements of knocking combustion in a SI engine fuelled with butanol–gasoline blend

SS Merola, G Valentino, C Tornatore, L Marchitto - Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
Recent studies have shown that biobutanol can play a significant role in a sustainable, non-
petroleum-based, industrial system. About the use in spark-ignition engines, butanol …

Optical diagnostics on the effects of reverse reactivity stratification on the flame development in dual-fuel combustion

Y Cui, Z Zheng, M Wen, Q Tang, C Geng, Q Wang… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
The effects of reverse reactivity stratification, ie, port-injection (PI) of n-heptane with direct-
injection (DI) of iso-octane and PI of iso-octane with DI of n-heptane, on combustion …

CFD investigation of wall wetting in a GDI engine under low temperature cranking operations

S Malaguti, G Cantore, S Fontanesi, R Lupi, A Rosetti - 2009 - sae.org
The paper reports a numerical activity on the investigation of the spray evolution within the
combustion chamber of an automotive DISI engine under low-temperature cranking …

Numerical analysis of GDI engine cold-start at low ambient temperatures

S Malaguti, S Fontanesi, E Severi - 2010 - sae.org
The paper investigates the low-temperature cranking operation of a current production
automotive Gasoline Direct Injected (GDI) by means of 3D-CFD simulations. Particular care …

Effect of the fuel injection strategy on the combustion process in a PFI boosted spark-ignition engine

SS Merola, P Sementa, C Tornatore, BM Vaglieco - Energy, 2010 - Elsevier
In this paper, the effect of different fuel injection strategies on the combustion process was
investigated in a boosted port fuel injection spark-ignition engine. The experiments were …

Application of a thermodynamic model with a complex chemistry to a cycle resolved knock prediction on a spark ignition optical engine

G D'Errico, T Lucchini, S Merola… - International journal of …, 2012 - Springer
A combination of experimental and numerical methodologies is proposed for the
investigation of knocking in spark ignition engines to aid in better understanding the physical …

Optical investigation of the effect on the combustion process of butanol-gasoline blend in a PFI SI boosted engine

The addition of alcohol to conventional hydrocarbon fuels for a spark-ignition engine can
increase the fuel octane rating and the power for a given engine displacement and …

Optical investigations of fuel deposition burning in ported fuel injection (PFI) spark-ignition (SI) engine

SS Merola, BM Vaglieco - Energy, 2009 - Elsevier
The present paper discusses the results obtained by experimental investigations of the
diffusion-controlled flame near the valves due to fuel film deposition in a single cylinder …