Engine downsizing is a promising method to reduce emissions and fuel consumption of
internal combustion engines. The main concept is reducing engine displacement volume …

Contributing to efforts towards world sustainability, compacted graphite cast iron stands out
as one of the most promising materials for the new generation of more efficient internal …

Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) is an area of machine learning that combines a deep
learning approach and reinforcement learning (RL). However, there seem to be few studies …

Charge air cooling is the typical technique to reduce temperature of the engine intake air,
increasing air density and improving cylinder filling and engine volumetric efficiency in …

This chapter mainly focuses on the production of biodiesel from mahua oil and the study its
performance, combustion, and emission characteristics as a fuel in a diesel engine …

The paper deals with the method of calculating exhaust emissions of a passenger vehicle
during drive in urban area. For this calculation, a running test was conducted in which …

Electrification of the powertrain system will play an important role in reducing fuel
consumption and engine-out emissions in the next few decades. Compared to the pure …

This study presents a novel strategy to enhance the recovery performance of any positive
displacement expander technology which aims at the maximization of the power output …

Within a broader national project aimed at the hybridization of a standard city car (the 998 cc
Mitsubishi-derived gasoline engine of the Smart W451), our team tackled the problem of …

To increase the efficiency of a natural gas engine, the use of a Miller camshaft was
analysed. To avoid a decline in the low-end torque and also in the transient response, a …