A review of prechamber ignition systems as lean combustion technology for SI engines

CEC Alvarez, GE Couto, VR Roso, AB Thiriet… - Applied Thermal …, 2018 - Elsevier
Use of lean or ultra-lean air-fuel ratios is an efficient and proven strategy to reduce fuel
consumption and pollutant emissions. Previous works indicate that lean burn mixtures …

A fuel-focused review of pre-chamber initiated combustion

G Trombley, E Toulson - Energy Conversion and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
This review covers efforts to optimize combustion in spark ignition and compression ignition
engines using pre-chamber ignition systems, with a focus on the fuel used in the pre …

A review of pre-chamber initiated jet ignition combustion systems

E Toulson, HJ Schock, WP Attard - 2010 - sae.org
This paper reviews progress on turbulent jet ignition systems for otherwise standard spark
ignition engines, with focus on small prechamber systems (≺ 3% of clearance volume) with …

Computational assessment of the effects of pre-chamber and piston geometries on the combustion characteristics of an optical pre-chamber engine

X Liu, ME Marquez, S Sanal, M Silva, AS AlRamadan… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Pre-chamber combustion (PCC) has the potential to extend the lean-burn limit in spark-
ignition engines, which can promote engine efficiency and relieve the concern of emissions …

A turbulent jet ignition pre-chamber combustion system for large fuel economy improvements in a modern vehicle powertrain

WP Attard, N Fraser, P Parsons, E Toulson - SAE International Journal of …, 2010 - JSTOR
ABSTRACT Turbulent Jet Ignition is an advanced pre-chamber initiated combustion system
for an otherwise standard spark ignition engine found in current on-road vehicles. This next …

The ignition characteristics of the pre-chamber turbulent jet ignition of the hydrogen and methane based on different orifices

P Liu, L Zhong, L Zhou, H Wei - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, the combustion characteristics of premixed CH 4-air and H 2-air mixtures with
different excess air coefficients ignited by hot jet or jet flame are investigated experimentally …

Computational assessment towards understanding the energy conversion and combustion process of lean mixtures in passive pre-chamber ignited engines

J Benajes, R Novella, J Gomez-Soriano… - Applied Thermal …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, a computational study was performed using a combination of several
numerical tools to better understand the limiting aspects of combustion in a passive pre …

Computational optimization of the performance of a heavy-duty natural gas pre-chamber engine

X Liu, M Silva, B Mohan, AS AlRamadan, E Cenker… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Optimization of the performance of a heavy-duty natural gas active pre-chamber (PC) engine
was conducted using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. Seven different …

Experimental observation of lean flammability limits using turbulent jet ignition with auxiliary hydrogen and methane in pre-chamber

L Zhou, P Liu, L Zhong, Z Feng, H Wei - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
The combustion characteristics of CH4-air mixture under the lean-fuel conditions ignited by
different methods including SI, unfueled pre-chamber ignition and fueled pre-chamber …

A lean burn gasoline fueled pre-chamber jet ignition combustion system achieving high efficiency and low NOx at part load

WP Attard, H Blaxill - 2012 - sae.org
Turbulent Jet Ignition is an advanced spark-initiated pre-chamber combustion system for
otherwise standard spark ignition engines. Combustion in the main chamber is initiated by …