φ-sensitivity for LTGC engines: Understanding the fundamentals and tailoring fuel blends to maximize this property

DL Pintor, J Dec, G Gentz - 2019 - sae.org
Φ-sensitivity is a fuel characteristic that has important benefits for the operation and control
of low-temperature gasoline combustion (LTGC) engines. A fuel is φ-sensitive if its …

Effects of injection pressure and timing on low load low temperature gasoline combustion using LES

PC O'Donnell, B Lawler, D Lopez-Pintor… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Low Temperature Gasoline Combustion is a novel combustion strategy that
employs the use of a fuel like gasoline whose autoignition characteristics are sensitive to …

Development and evaluation of a skeletal mechanism for EHN additized gasoline mixtures in large Eddy simulations of HCCI combustion

G Guleria, D Lopez-Pintor, JE Dec… - International Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Advanced Low Temperature Combustion modes, such as the Sandia proposed Additive-
Mixing Fuel Injection (AMFI), can unlock significant potential to boost fuel conversion …

Simulating combustion of a seven-component surrogate for a gasoline/ethanol blend including soot formation and comparison with experiments

A Cuoci, CT Avedisian, JD Brunson, S Guo, A Dalili… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Combustion of a seven-component surrogate for a research grade 87 octane gasoline
mixed with 10% ethanol is investigated experimentally and numerically from the perspective …

Understanding the effects of doping a regular E10 gasoline with EHN in an HCCI engine: Experimental and numerical study

S Cho, DL Pintor - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the effects of doping a regular E10 gasoline with 2-ethlyhexyl nitrate (EHN) are
investigated under homogeneous charge compression ignition conditions. Experiments are …

A comparative study of gasoline skeletal mechanisms under partial fuel stratification conditions using large eddy simulations

G Guleria, D Lopez-Pintor, JE Dec… - International Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Partial fuel stratification (PFS) is a low temperature combustion strategy that can alleviate
high heat release rates of traditional low temperature combustion strategies by introducing …

Mixture stratification for CA50 control of LTGC engines with reactivity-enhanced and non-additized gasoline

DL Pintor, G Gentz, J Dec - 2021 - sae.org
Low-temperature gasoline combustion engines can provide high efficiencies with very low
NOx and particulate emissions, but rapid control of the combustion timing (50% burn point …

Experimental evaluation of a gasoline-like fuel blend with high renewable content to simultaneously increase φ-sensitivity, Ron, and octane sensitivity

D Lopez-Pintor, JE Dec - Energy & Fuels, 2021 - ACS Publications
High-performance renewable fuels (HPFs) are an alternative to conventional petroleum
fuels that could greatly reduce the carbon footprint of internal combustion engines. The …

Additive-Mixing Fuel Injection (AMFI): A device for robust control and improved performance of high-efficiency LTGC engines

JE Dec, D Lopez Pintor… - International Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Low-temperature gasoline combustion (LTGC) engines can provide high efficiencies with
very low NOx and particulate emissions. Despite these major advantages, methods for …

Potential of 2-ethylhexyl nitrate (EHN) and di-tert-butyl peroxide (DTBP) to enhance the cetane number of ethanol, a detailed chemical kinetic study

U Bin-Khalid, D Lopez-Pintor, C Micó, S Lee - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
Ethanol is one of the most promising renewable liquid fuels to decarbonize the internal
combustion engine due to its high production capacity, reasonable cost and low carbon …