Accelerating the Advent of Clean and Intelligent Thermal Engines
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "I: Energy Fundamentals and Conversion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 August 2022) | Viewed by 15901
Special Issue Editor
Interests: hydrogen; solar fuels; syngas; biofuels; reaction mechanisms; internal combustion engines; gas turbines; turbulent combustion; limit phenomena; combustion dynamics; emissions; model reduction
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Thermal engines are inarguably the prevalent technology powering the transport sector worldwide, predominantly with fossil fuels. Solid evidence suggests that such engines will maintain a large share of the market for decades to come. Similarly, data from the OECD indicate a strong dependence of the industry, residential, and services sectors on fossil fuels, with energy consumptions varying between 40% and 70%, and the current estimates suggest that, even in the most optimistic scenarios, thermal engines will still play a significant role. Yet, legislation and environmental concerns mandate the drastic reduction of greenhouse gases (GHGs). For this to be achieved, current relevant technology must be decarbonized and replaced by environmentally friendly and financially viable solutions. The introduction of alternative fuels powering clean thermal engines seems to be the apparent solution. The employment of sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) techniques and approaches and the tremendous developments in computational power will play a pivotal role in the development of novel combustion technologies and, therefore, the advent of more efficient, environmentally benign, and financially viable thermal engine solutions.
In this regard, the current Special Issue aims to provide a platform for the proper dissemination of innovative research developments in alternative fuels (e.g., hydrogen, ammonia, syngas, e-fuels, solar fuels, and SAF), combustion technologies (e.g., SI, CI, RCCI, HCCI, PCCI, and GT), and numerical as well as experimental techniques and approaches that focus on accelerating the transition to clean and intelligent thermal engines.
Topics of primary interest include, but are not limited to:
- Low temperature combustion;
- Limit phenomena (ignition, extinction);
- Mathematical methods;
- Machine learning;
- Premixed/non-premixed flames;
- Turbulent/laminar flames;
- Thermoacoustics;
- High-fidelity numerical simulations (DNS, LES, RANS);
- Emissions;
- Compression/spark ignition engines;
- HCCI/RCCI;
- Gas turbines;
- Sustainable fuels;
- Solar fuels;
- Hydrogen;
- E-fuels;
- Gasification;
- Pyrolysis;
- Droplets;
Dr. Efstathios (Stathis) - Alexandros Tingas
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- combustion
- emissions
- internal combustion engines
- engine performance
- fuels
