Legislations for greenhouse gas and pollutant emissions from light-duty vehicles are
pushing the spark ignition engine to be cleaner and more efficient. As one of the promising …

Improving thermal efficiency and reducing carbon emissions are the permanent themes for
internal combustion (IC) engines. In the past decades, various advanced strategies have …

To meet the future requirements of fuel economy and exhaust emissions, high-efficiency
gasoline engines tend to employ diluted combustion concepts along with intensified charge …

Among plasma-assisted ignition technologies, the Radio-Frequency (RF) corona family
represents an interesting solution for the ability to extend the engine operating range. These …

This work aims to investigate the effect of laser-induced plasma ignition (LI) on combustion
behaviours of iso-octane (a gasoline surrogate) at compression-ignition (CI) conditions. A …

Currently, the Radio-Frequency Corona Ignition systems represent an important solution for
reducing pollutant emissions and fuel consumption related to Internal Combustion Engines …

This article presents experimental results obtained with a disruptive engine platform,
designed to maximize the engine efficiency through a synergetic implementation of …

The paper presents the results of the experimental research on the combustion process
inside the cylinder of a large piston radial aircraft engine with dual spark plug ignition. The …

Among other advances in spark ignited internal combustion engines' field, the variable
geometry turbine (VGT) is being analysed to achieve further CO2 reduction objectives. This …

Conventional spark-ignition engines are currently inca-pable of meeting rising customer
performance demands while complying with even stringent pollutant-emissions regulations …