Internal Combustion Engine Performance 2024

Dear Colleagues,

The internal combustion (IC) engine is one of the most important and successful technological developments of the last century. Its application during all of these years and up until today has influenced practically every aspect of human life, having been used as the prime driving force in land, sea and air transportation, as the main source of electrical power production and in emergency safety installations in institutions such as hospitals or factories.

The main reasons for its enormous distribution and success are the high energy density of liquid hydrocarbon fuels combined with the ability of the I.C. engine to efficiently cover the total extent of energy demand from a fraction of a W to several dozen MW.

The world energy crisis and its environmental impact have played a major role in the development of the internal combustion engine during the last few decades. During these years it became clear that a stronger understanding of the thermodynamic processes that occur within the engine is necessary. As a result, research on I.C. engines has expanded enormously, on both simulation and experimental bases. Nowadays, the main objectives are the improvement of engine performance, the minimization of fuel consumption/CO₂ emissions and a reduction in the level of exhaust pollutants. To this end, various alternative combustion techniques have been developed, or are currently under development (e.g., direct-injection SI engines, HCCI operations, etc.), and, in parallel, various internal and after-treatment exhaust measures are also being examined.

The present Special Issue for Energies, entitled “Internal Combustion Engine Performance”, has already had a successful presence in this journal for four years under the supervision of the current Guest Editor team. During this period, many interesting papers of high quality have been published in the Special Issue. This is clear proof that, despite the difficult times and the speculation around this type of energy production, combustion engines are present and alive, they are under continuous improvement and they still play a dominant role in the energy market.

In this context, the 2024 issue of “Internal Combustion Engine Performance” aims to gather further innovative research and offer important developments for the field of the internal combustion engine.

More specifically, topics of interest for the Special Issue include (but are not limited to):

• Combustion mechanisms in spark and compression ignition engines;
• Fuel injection and spray formation;
• Pollutants formation (particulate matter, NO_x, CO, HC, noise);
• Exhaust after-treatment systems (three-way catalysts, oxidation catalysts, diesel and gasoline particulate filters, SCR, NO_x adsorbers);
• Internal measures for emission control (EGR, water injection, etc.);
• Exhaust heat Recuperation Systems (Rankine cycle, turbocompound etc.);
• Engine downsizing;
• Effects on engine structure and design due to increased performance demands;
• Special problems associated with large-scale two-stroke engines performance and emission reduction;
• Alternative fuels’ and biofuels’ effects on engine performance and emissions (ethanol, butanol, biodiesel, etc.);
• Recent advances in internal combustion engines experimentation;
• Novel combustion systems (HCCI, PCCI and RCCI).

Dr. Georgios Mavropoulos
Guest Editor

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• engine downsizing
• combustion mechanisms
• fuel injection
• combustion systems
• engine performance and emissions

• Internal Combustion Engine Performance 2023 in Energies (7 articles)