Description
Advanced Combustion Technologies for Sustainable IC Engines offers a focused engineering guide to modern combustion strategies aimed at improving internal combustion engine efficiency while reducing environmental impact. Designed for students, researchers, educators, and practicing engineers, the book connects core combustion principles with emerging technologies and practical engine-development considerations.
Across 12 chapters, it introduces the need for cleaner and more efficient combustion, explains the fundamentals that govern engine combustion, and classifies major advanced approaches. Readers are guided through Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI), Premixed Charge Compression Ignition (PCCI), Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition (RCCI), Gasoline Compression Ignition (GCI), and Low-Temperature Combustion (LTC), with attention to operating principles, benefits, challenges, control strategies, and applications.
The book also explores alternative and low-carbon fuel pathways, including biodiesel, hydrogen, and ammonia, alongside emission behavior and methods for reducing major engine pollutants. Performance evaluation topics cover brake thermal efficiency, fuel consumption, indicated efficiency, combustion stability, and comparative assessment of advanced combustion modes.
For readers interested in modern engine analysis, the book discusses experimental methods, computational modeling, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), and the integration of simulation with testing. Its forward-looking coverage examines hydrogen internal combustion engines, AI-based combustion control, digital twins, waste heat recovery, carbon-neutral fuels, and hybrid combustion-electric powertrains.
With clear engineering discussions, illustrations, examples, case-oriented material, and research-focused perspectives, this book provides a useful foundation for understanding the transition toward high-efficiency, low-emission, and more sustainable IC engine systems.
