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AUGUST 8, 2017

Compression ignition combined with a supercharger will improve fuel economy while delivering tremendous engine response and increased torque of 10–30% over the current SKYACTIV-G gasoline engine. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Yamasaki, Y., Umahashi, S., Uesugi, Y.,

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

The co-optimization of engines and fuels has the potential to achieve significantly higher efficiencies than possible with current fuels and engines, improving passenger fuel economy by as much as 35% by 2030 (vs. The application process will include two phases: a concept paper and a full application.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

Engineers at GM’s R&D Center are developing a new low-cost concept for NO x control from lean-burn spark ignition direct injection (SIDI) engines: passive ammonia SCR. a high air-to-fuel ratio) SIDI (e.g., GM’s passive ammonia SCR concept places a conventional three-way catalyst upstream of an SCR catalyst. Lean-burn (i.e.,

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

The Ricardo CryoPower concept aims to increase the fuel efficiency while reducing operating costs and CO 2 emissions for long haul trucks and other heavy-duty applications. CryoPower is based on the use of a separate induction and compression cylinder from that used for combustion and exhaust.

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improvement in city fuel economy (24.5 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) announced preliminary test results of its Dedicated-Exhaust Gas Recirculation (D-EGR) demonstration vehicle ( earlier post ) at the SAE 2014 World Congress in Detroit. Hydrogen-enriched exhaust is routed to the intake. mpg) and a 9.2% 2014-01-1190.

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MARCH 31, 2015

GDI engines help improve fuel economy and therefore reduce CO 2 emissions; however, they can have higher particulate emissions due to shorter fuel/air mixing times in the cylinder compared to multiport fuel injection engines. —Josep Fornos, Executive Vice President, Clean Air, Tenneco.

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MAY 30, 2012

Nissan recently published an SAE paper outlining the development of the new engine, which was developed as a new concept for achieving low levels of CO 2 emissions. A supercharger with a magnetic clutch compensates for the disadvantage of the small displacement engine with the Miller cycle without sacrificing fuel economy.

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APRIL 17, 2013

The Accord plug-in hybrid has an all-electric range of 13 miles (21 km); charge depleting (EV mode) combined fuel economy of 115 MPGe; charge sustaining (hybrid mode) combined fuel economy of 46 MPGe; and meets California LEV3-SULEV20 emissions standards. Valve train (exhaust). Fuel injection type.

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JANUARY 5, 2015

Comparison of DSF fuel economy gains and costs with competing technologies, from Tula’s 2013 SAE paper. The basic concept of Dynamic Skip Fire technology is to manage torque production in response to the driver command via selectively engaging or disengaging torque production from engine cylinders rather than by throttling.

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

mph) and approximately 20% better fuel economy. Combining the new powertrain units with the overall evolution of the vehicle body, including aerodynamics, weight reduction and others, can open the way to even greater power performance and fuel economy. Dynamic Force Engines. Performance of new engines. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 8, 2009

The LowCVP is calling on UK innovators to submit creative concepts with the potential to cut emissions from road vehicles without the need for radical new infrastructure. The Exhaust port is located on the outer side of the engine block. First, it helps to oxidize the exhaust gases more fully. There are two compression phases.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

liter concept Theta turbocharged gasoline direct injection (GDI) four-cylinder engine capable of developing as much as 286 hp (213 kW) while and delivering more than 30 highway mpg at the Los Angeles Auto show in 2008. Theta II GDI, a high pressure fuel pump injects the fuel at pressures of up to 150 bar, in precise amounts and intervals.

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AUGUST 10, 2009

Tom Cackette, Chief Deputy Executive Office of the California Air Resources Board, spent the bulk of his talk during the opening panel discussing the response to climate change, which he called “ the defining environmental challenge of this century. Differentiated Analysis of Downsizing Concepts”). Advanced boosting concepts.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

The intent is to enable aggressive yet near term downsizing and downspeeding of existing engine families, delivering proven CO reduction and fuel economy improvement, without the usual dynamic compromises that typically limit market acceptance. Tags: Fuel Efficiency Hybrids Vehicle Systems.

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AUGUST 6, 2014

The DOE’s ALCC’s mission is to allocate supercomputer time for projects of interest to the Department of Energy (DOE) with an emphasis on high-risk, high-payoff simulations in areas directly related to the DOE mission and for broadening the community of researchers capable of using leadership computing resources. Resources.

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AUGUST 15, 2016

There have been a number of concepts proposed to enable such VCR systems. VC-T technology delivers multiple customer benefits including significantly reduced fuel consumption and emissions, greatly reduced noise and vibration levels; it is also lighter and more compact than comparable conventional engines. Earlier post.). Hiyoshi, R.,

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MAY 8, 2013

Especially with increased production volume of renewable fuels and optimized powertrain solutions for flexible fuel vehicles, there is a chance for combustion engines to not only remain in the market but also be sustainable for future vehicle. improvement in fuel economy over the baseline engine for the Metro-Highway (M-H) cycle.

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JUNE 23, 2014

Progressively demonstrate the project objectives via concept analysis/modeling, single-cylinder engine, multi-cylinder engine, and vehicle-level demonstration—the point at which the development team is now. I4 / 25 bar BMEP; during the concept evaluation in 2010 and 2011, the research team revised the architecture to 2.3L

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AUGUST 3, 2009

The dual-fuel PCCI strategy showed thermal efficiency of 53%. Emissions under the dual-fuel concept, at 11 bar IMEP. The University of Wisconsin concept proposes the use of dual fuel tanks, with port fuel injection of gasoline and direct injection of diesel, with the in-cylinder mixing of the fuels.

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

Concept diagram of an SMA heat engine for power generation from waste engine heat. million (subject to final negotiation with DOE) to support building a prototype thermomechanical waste heat recovery system using a Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) heat engine to generate electricity from the heat in automotive exhaust. Source: GM.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

report not only the superior emission characteristics of the Fischer–Tropsch fuels, but also evidence that higher exhaust gas recirculation and lower excess air ratios will be a key concept of both engine and aftertreatment optimization for further fuel consumption improvement.

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JANUARY 28, 2014

Since the advent of the first Low-Emission Vehicle regulations in 1990 and the passage of California Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32) in 2006, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) has attempted to address the state’s air quality and climate goals by requiring development of motor vehicles that do not directly emit NO x or other criteria pollutants.

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APRIL 10, 2014

The system, say the researchers, offers the potential to exploit most of the benefits of operating on premium high octane fuel while using less expensive regular grade more effectively. 100 RON product when using regular unleaded (RUL) 92 RON gasoline as the base fuel. increase in fuel economy, according to their work; 8.5%

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MAY 17, 2013

Dedicated ethanol (or E85) engines have the promise to improve efficiency substantially over comparable regular gasoline engines through direct-injection, increased geometric CR, variable valve timing, exhaust gas recirculation, aggressive turbocharging, and downsizing and/or downspeeding. Xiaoyu Yan, Oliver R. Inderwildi, David A.

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The A dvanced C ombustion C oncepts— E nabling S ystems and S olutions (ACCESS) is developing advanced combustion control concepts along with with an enabling system, subsystem and component level solutions for the management of multi-mode/multi-fuel combustion events.

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AUGUST 10, 2017

The concept of using a second, high octane fuel on demand to augment the performance of a standard gasoline fuel reaches back to the 1940s, with a recent resurgence in interest generated by the need to increase engine efficiency. Schematic of the dual injection system fitted to the engine in the experiments.

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APRIL 12, 2013

Simulated fuel economy for 1.8L GDCI showed a predicted fuel economy improvement of 65%, 28%, and 28% for the FTP City, Highway, and US06 cycles, respectively, for a combined FE improvement of 50%. Vehicle simulations for various drive cycles predicted very good fuel economy for all city and highway modes.

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APRIL 17, 2014

million grant to develop and to demonstrate a new ultra fuel efficient vehicle (UFEV) vehicle concept. Due to the lower exhaust enthalpy of lower temperature engines using PPCI, it is difficult to produce intake boost with acceptable boost system parasitis. Earlier post.) These were two main consideration in base engine design.

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MAY 10, 2013

Fuel economy targets for the vehicle are 22.4 At the recent 2103 SAE World Congress, Cummins discussed key engine technology enablers—including air-handling, fuel system, and base engine design— and development of the combustion system that will help in achieving the target emission levels and fuel economy.

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JUNE 8, 2017

Gasoline engines can operate lean to improve fuel economy, potentially reducing CO 2 emissions significantly. The conventional three-way catalyst (TWC) is thus not an option for lean gasoline exhaust conditions. However, the lean-to-stoichiometric (L/S) time ratio defined the fuel consumption benefit available.

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APRIL 25, 2012

million grant to develop and to demonstrate a new high-efficiency vehicle concept. At a low-load condition of 1500 rpm-2 bar IMEP, Delphi used a secondary-exhaust-valve-lift event to rebreathe hot exhaust gas and promote autoignition. Earlier post.) The aluminum cylinder head is rated at 200 bar peak cylinder pressure (PCP).

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APRIL 15, 2014

Furthermore, the study shows the potential for a 30% improvement in fuel economy over the equivalent performance Cummins ATLAS Tier 2 Bin 2 engine ( earlier post ) as well as a significant improvement in NO x and PM (42-74%, depending upon drive cycle and pollutant). Fuel economy (mpg). Fuel economy (mpg).

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The SuperTurbo concept. The SuperTurbo’s supercharger function enhances the transient response of a downsized and turbocharged engine, and the turbo-compounding function offers the opportunity to extract the available exhaust energy from the turbine rather than opening a waste gate. improved fuel economy 17%, and downsizing from a 4.2L

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MAY 4, 2015

While piston generators rely on catalytic converters to reduce their emissions by 10x to meet ever-increasing California Air Resources Board standards, the Fulcrum turbine generator is so much cleaner, that it meets emissions standards without adding to its weight and complexity. In other words, fuel economy is a significant problem.

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APRIL 10, 2012

EERE’s Vehicles Technologies Program (VTP) is focused on developing technologies to enable average new vehicle fuel economy of more than 60 mpg (3.9 Exhaust Aftertreatment Materials. L/100 km) for cars and more than 43 mpg (5.5 L/100 km) for trucks by 2025. Innovative Engine Boosting Technologies.

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MARCH 24, 2010

The goal of the NSF-DOE partnership is to leverage the complementary missions of deployment and commercialization (DOE) and fundamental research and education (NSF) to develop the critical understanding and technology improvements needed to make the efficient conversion of waste heat in automotive exhaust systems to electricity commercially viable.

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MAY 2, 2014

Bengt Johansson at Lund University and others, has demonstrated that using low-octane gasoline in diesel engines has the potential to achieve very high efficiency while reducing the cost of diesel engines by lowering injection pressures and requiring less expensive exhaust aftertreatment. earlier post ]. Viollet, Y., and Kalghatgi, G.

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