Recent Advances in Natural Gas Combustion and Emissions of Conventional Powertrain and Hybrid Propulsion Systems II
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "I2: Energy and Combustion Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 June 2023) | Viewed by 1650
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Interests: internal combustion engines; marine alternative fuels; waste heat recovery
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are inviting submissions to a Special Issue of Energies on the subject area of “Natural Gas Combustion and Emissions of Conventional Powertrain and Hybrid Propulsion Systems”. With the increasing global environmental awareness and the imposed continuously stringent emission standards in various fields of transportation, the topic of natural gas combustion has attracted a lot of attention in recent years.
The rate of natural gas penetration in conventional powertrain systems (compression ignition (CI) engines, spark ignition (SI) engines, gas turbines, steam engines, and combined systems) is continuously increasing in light of progressively stricter emission regulations in various transportation sectors and powerplants. However, during recent years, hybrid powertrain systems have continuously gathered very strong interest from scientists and engineers around the world, since they can combine the virtue of free-carbon electric propulsion with the extended autonomy supported by conventional engines. For this reason, various hybrid propulsion systems such as natural gas engine/electric systems can be a very promising alternative to conventional propulsion systems in light of the current operational, economic, life-cycle carbon footprint, and local infrastructure limitations of fully electric propulsion systems. Hence, nowadays, there is a large number of conventional (dual–fuel, spark ignition) and advanced (RCCI, HCCI, PCCI, SACI, etc.) technologies, which can be used to further seriously improve the operational and the environmental performance of existing and new powertrain systems. Additionally, natural gas is a very attractive alternative fuel for hybrid systems such as conventional natural gas engines/electric systems, and for other hybrid schemes such as conventional natural gas engines/fuel cells/batteries propulsion systems.
Dr. Theodoros Zannis
Dr. Elias Yfantis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- dual-fuel and spark-ignition reciprocating and rotary engines modeling and experimentation
- modeling and experimentation of gas turbines, steam engines, and combined propulsion systems burning natural gas
- modeling and experimentation of hybrid propulsion systems fueled with natural gas
- advanced natural gas combustion concepts (RCCI, HCCI, PCCI, SACI, etc.)
- chemical kinetic mechanisms for natural gas combustion and pollutant emissions prediction
- pollutant emission inventories from natural gas propulsion systems
- emission reduction technologies in natural gas engines and hybrids
- exhaust-after treatment systems for natural gas propulsion systems
- interaction of natural gas combustion systems with supply and support infrastructure
