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INTERNAL COMBUSTION
ENGINES
Edited by Kazimierz Lejda and Paweł Woś
Internal Combustion Engines
http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/2806
Edited by Kazimierz Lejda and Paweł Woś
Contributors
Wladyslaw Mitianiec, Yoshihito Yagyu, Hideo Nagata, Nobuya Hayashi, Hiroharu Kawasaki,
Tamiko Ohshima, Yoshiaki Suda, Seiji Baba, Eliseu Monteiro, Marc Bellenoue, Julien Sottton,
Abel Rouboa, Simón Fygueroa, Carlos Villamar, Olga Fygueroa, Artur Jaworski, Hubert
Kuszewski, Kazimierz Lejda, Adam Ustrzycki, Teresa Donateo, Mudassar Abbas Rizvi, Qarab
Raza, Aamer Iqbal Bhatti, Sajjad Zaidi, Mansoor Khan, Sorin Raţiu, Corneliu Birtok-Băneasă,
Yuki Kudoh
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Contents
Preface IX
Section 1 Engine Fuelling, Combustion and Emission 1
Chapter 1 Factors Determing Ignition and Efficient
Combustion in Modern Engines Operating
on Gaseous Fuels 3
Wladyslaw Mitianiec
Chapter 2 Fundamental Studies on the Chemical Changes and Its
Combustion Properties of Hydrocarbon Compounds by
Ozone Injection 35
Yoshihito Yagyu, Hideo Nagata, Nobuya Hayashi,
Hiroharu Kawasaki, Tamiko Ohshima,
Yoshiaki Suda and Seiji Baba
Chapter 3 Syngas Application to Spark Ignition Engine Working
Simulations by Use of Rapid Compression Machine 51
Eliseu Monteiro, Marc Bellenoue,
Julien Sottton and Abel Rouboa
Chapter 4 Thermodynamic Study of the Working Cycle
of a Direct Injection Compression Ignition Engine 75
Simón Fygueroa, Carlos Villamar and Olga Fygueroa
Chapter 5 The Effect of Injection Timing on the Environmental
Performances of the Engine Fueled by LPG in
the Liquid Phase 111
Artur Jaworski, Hubert Kuszewski,
Kazimierz Lejda and Adam Ustrzycki
Section 2 Engine Design, Control and Testing 131
Chapter 6 Intelligent Usage of Internal Combustion Engines
in Hybrid Electric Vehicles 133
Teresa Donateo
VI Contents
Chapter 7 Modeling and Simulation of
SI Engines for Fault Detection 161
Mudassar Abbas Rizvi, Qarab Raza,
Aamer Iqbal Bhatti, Sajjad Zaidi and Mansoor Khan
Chapter 8 The Study of Inflow Improvement in Spark Engines
by Using New Concepts of Air Filters 187
Sorin Raţiu and Corneliu Birtok-Băneasă
Chapter 9 Understanding Fuel Consumption/Economy
of Passenger Vehicles in the Real World 217
Yuki Kudoh
Preface
Internal combustion engines (ICE) are the main sources of powering for almost all
road vehicles, yet many other machines too. Being under strength development for a
number of years, they have already reached a relatively high level of technical
excellence and now they also produce acceptable output parameters. Still, they are not
devoid of drawbacks. Harmful exhaust emissions can be pointed as the most
important here. This problem is the main focus of interest for automotive researchers
and engineers. Continuous decrease of exhaust emission limits additionally intensifies
their efforts to produce more green engines and vehicles. On the other hand, rapid
development of road transportation and the growth of end-users’ demands toward
more and more comfortable, durable, reliable and fuel-saving vehicles unceasingly
calls for improvements in engine design and technology.
Despite many attempts, replacing the internal combustion engine with other, but
equally effective power source still fails. Therefore, extensive works on the
improvement of internal combustion engines should be carried out and the results
need to be widely published.
As the answer to above expectations, this book on internal combustion engines brings
out few chapters on the research activities through the wide range of current engine
issues. The first section groups combustion-related papers including all research areas
from fuel delivery to exhaust emission phenomena. The second one deals with various
problems on engine design, modeling, manufacturing, control and testing. Such
structure should improve legibility of the book and helps to integrate all singular
chapters as a logical whole.
We wish to thank InTech Publisher and are especially pleased to express same thanks
to Ms. Viktorija Žgela for giving us an invitation and opportunity to be editors of the
book on internal combustion engines. Distinctive thanks are also due to Ms. Romana
Vukelić and Ms. Marina Jozipović, and Publishing Process Staff for their help in
coordinating the reviews, editing and printing of the book.
Kazimierz Lejda and Paweł Woś
Rzeszów University of Technology,
Poland
