Challenges and opportunities for application of reactivity-controlled compression ignition combustion in commercially viable transport engines

AK Agarwal, AP Singh, A García… - Progress in Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Several advanced low-temperature combustion (LTC) strategies have been developed to
reduce the harmful emissions from diesel engines. These LTC strategies, such as …

Review on the management of RCCI engines

J Li, W Yang, D Zhou - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
RCCI (reactivity controlled compression ignition) engines are found to be capable of
achieving higher thermal efficiency and ultra-low NOx and PM emissions. The reactivity …

A literature review of fuel effects on performance and emission characteristics of low-temperature combustion strategies

T Pachiannan, W Zhong, S Rajkumar, Z He, X Leng… - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The fast rate of depletion of fossil fuel resources due to increasing demands and the adverse
environmental impact by the automotive engines forced researchers to develop alternative …

Advances in combustion control for natural gas–diesel dual fuel compression ignition engines in automotive applications: A review

C Hall, M Kassa - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Dual fuel engines that leverage gaseous fuels have existed for over a century, but advances
in fuel injection technologies and electronic control have drastically changed the methods of …

Reactivity controlled compression ignition engine: Pathways towards commercial viability

A Paykani, A Garcia, M Shahbakhti, P Rahnama… - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Reactivity-controlled compression ignition (RCCI) is a promising energy conversion strategy
to increase fuel efficiency and reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) and soot emissions through …

Experimental study on combustion and emissions of n-butanol/biodiesel under both blended fuel mode and dual fuel RCCI mode

Z Zheng, M **a, H Liu, R Shang, G Ma, M Yao - Fuel, 2018 - Elsevier
Oxygenated biofuels have become one of the research focuses of engines due to their
renewability and improvement in combustion. There has been some studies concentrating …

Achieving clean and efficient engine operation up to full load by combining optimized RCCI and dual-fuel diesel-gasoline combustion strategies

J Benajes, A García, J Monsalve-Serrano… - Energy Conversion and …, 2017 - Elsevier
This experimental work investigates the capabilities of the reactivity controlled compression
ignition combustion concept to be operated in the whole engine map and discusses its …

Effects of diesel injection strategy on natural gas/diesel reactivity controlled compression ignition combustion

A Paykani, AH Kakaee, P Rahnama, RD Reitz - Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
The effects of diesel injection strategies on the combustion and pollutant emission
characteristics of a modified heavy-duty reactivity controlled compression ignition engine …

Optimizing RCCI combustion for improved engine performance under low load conditions: Impact of low-reactivity fuel and direct injection timing

X Liu, W Zhong, P Jiang, L Dai, Z He, Q Wang - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
The objective of this study is to explore the challenges associated with the RCCI (Reactivity
Controlled Compression Ignition) concept under low loads, where there may be insufficient …

The potential of RCCI concept to meet EURO VI NOx limitation and ultra-low soot emissions in a heavy-duty engine over the whole engine map

J Benajes, JV Pastor, A García, J Monsalve-Serrano - Fuel, 2015 - Elsevier
This work investigates the potential of RCCI concept to achieve ultra-low NOx and soot
emissions over a wide range of engine speed and loads. For this purpose, a detailed …