HCCI and CAI engines for the automotive industry

H. Zhao1845691288, 9781845691288, 184569354X, 9781845693541

Table of contents :
HCCI and CAI engines for the automotive industry……Page 4
Contents……Page 6
Contributor contact details……Page 14
Preface……Page 18
Part I: Overview……Page 22
1. Motivation, definition and history of HCCI/CAI engines……Page 24
Part II: Gasoline HCCI/CAI combustion engines……Page 40
2. Overview of CAI/HCCI gasoline engines……Page 42
3. Two-stroke CAI engines……Page 64
4. Four-stroke gasoline HCCI engines with thermal management……Page 98
5. Four-stroke CAI engines with residual gas trapping……Page 124
6. Four-stroke CAI engines with internal exhaust gas recirculation (EGR)……Page 157
7. HCCI control……Page 185
8. CAI control and CAI/SI switching……Page 206
9. Fuel effects in CAI gasoline engines……Page 227
Part III: Diesel HCCI combustion engines……Page 260
10. Overview of HCCI diesel engines……Page 262
11. HCCI combustion with early and multiple injections in the heavy-duty diesel engine……Page 288
12. Narrow angle direct injection (NADI) concept for HCCI diesel combustion……Page 310
13. Low-temperature and premixed combustion concept with late injection……Page 343
14. HCCI fuel requirements……Page 363
Part IV: HCCI/CAI combustion engines with alternative fuels……Page 384
15. Natural gas HCCI engines……Page 386
16. HCCI engines with other fuels……Page 414
Part V: Advanced modelling and experimental techniques……Page 452
17. Auto-ignition and chemical kinetic mechanisms of HCCI combustion……Page 454
18. Overview of modeling techniques and their application to HCCI/CAI engines……Page 477
19. Overview of advanced optical techniques and their applications to HCCI/CAI engines……Page 496
Part VI: Future directions for CAI/HCCI engines……Page 526
20. Outlook and future directions in HCCI/CAI engines……Page 528
Index……Page 531
Color Plates……Page 546