What fuel properties enable higher thermal efficiency in spark-ignited engines?

JP Szybist, S Busch, RL McCormick, JA Pihl… - Progress in Energy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Co-Optimization of Fuels and Engines (Co-Optima) initiative from the US
Department of Energy aims to co-develop fuels and engines in an effort to maximize energy …

Engine, aftertreatment, fuel quality and non-tailpipe achievements to lower gasoline vehicle PM emissions: Literature review and future prospects

MM Maricq - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Spark ignition gasoline vehicles comprise most light duty vehicles worldwide. These
vehicles were not historically associated with PM emissions. This changed about 15 years …

On the emission reduction through the application of an electrically heated catalyst to a diesel vehicle

J Gao, G Tian, A Sorniotti - Energy Science & Engineering, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Exhaust emissions from diesel engine powered vehicles are considerably high during cold
start and warm‐up, because of the poor catalyst performance due to the insufficient catalyst …

Heating and storage: A review on exhaust thermal management applications for a better trade-off between environment and economy in ICEs

J Hu, Y Wu, J Liao, Z Cai, Q Yu - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Exhaust thermal management (ETM) plays a prime role in reducing pollutant emissions from
internal combustion engines (ICEs), especially during cold-start and warm-up conditions …

Effects of continuous variable valve timing and duration on fuel/air mixture formation

Y Yang, J Kim, N Kim, S Park - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
With increasing global regulations on particulate emissions, the particulate matter and
number released under cold start and high-load conditions have become crucial. Under …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical and quality performance of biodiesel and petrol blends

I Simbi, UO Aigbe, OO Oyekola, OA Osibote - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of an appropriate fuel to run on a petrol compression ignition engine
conceptualises a low-temperature combustion strategy, which faces challenges. With the …

Survey of strategies to reduce cold-start particulate, CO, NOx, and hydrocarbon emissions from direct-injection spark-ignition engines

MS Wooldridge, R Singh… - … Journal of Engine …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Meeting cold-start emissions standards for particulate emissions and the criteria air
pollutants, NO, CO and unburned hydrocarbons (HC), is critical for gasoline direct-injection …

Detailed hydrocarbon speciation and particulate matter emissions during cold-start from turbocharged and naturally aspirated trucks

M Moses-DeBusk, JME Storey, SA Lewis Sr… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Cold-start emissions remain a barrier to vehicle emissions targets and the race to zero
impact emissions. Current aftertreatment catalysts are highly efficient once active but …

Hydrocarbon and particulate matter evolution in the exhaust manifold of a spark-ignited engine under cold-start operation

GS Jatana, FDF Chuahy, Y Park, V Lobodin… - Applications in Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cold-start, as defined by the time between first engine crank and three-way catalyst light-off,
is responsible for a large percentage of NO x, unburned hydrocarbon, and particulate matter …

Flame front propagation in an optical GDI engine under stoichiometric and lean burn conditions

S Martinez, A Irimescu, SS Merola, P Lacava… - Energies, 2017 - mdpi.com
Lean fueling of spark ignited (SI) engines is a valid method for increasing efficiency and
reducing nitric oxide (NOx) emissions. Gasoline direct injection (GDI) allows better fuel …