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Characteristics and Control of Low Temperature Combustion Engines

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Combustion characteristics of an engine determine its performance and emission characteristics. This chapter presents the combustion characteristic of LTC engines using different gasoline-like fuels (ethanol and methanol) vis-à-vis conventional fuels. First, combustion kinetics of ethanol and methanol in premixed charge compression ignition engine is discussed using reaction pathway and sensitivity analysis. Combustion kinetics in LTC engine using hydrocarbon fuels is discussed in Chap. 2. Ignition and heat release characteristics of LTC combustion process are described by analysis of ignition delay, in-cylinder pressure, pressure rise rate, ringing intensity, heat release rate, start of combustion, combustion phasing, combustion duration and combustion efficiency. Effect of different engine operating conditions on combustion characteristics of ethanol and methanol vis-à-vis conventional fuels in HCCI, PPC and RCCI combustion is discussed in the present chapter. Combustion stability and cyclic variation analysis of combustion parameters using statistical and nonlinear dynamic methods are also discussed in the last section of this chapter.

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Maurya, R.K. (2018). Combustion Characteristics. In: Characteristics and Control of Low Temperature Combustion Engines. Mechanical Engineering Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68508-3_6

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