Knocking combustion research is crucially important because it determines engine
durability, fuel consumption, and power density, as well as noise and emission performance …

Abstract The Co-Optimization of Fuels and Engines (Co-Optima) initiative from the US
Department of Energy aims to co-develop fuels and engines in an effort to maximize energy …

Low-temperature flames such as cool flames, warm flames, double flames, and auto-ignition
assisted flames play a critical role in the performance of advanced engines and fuel design …

The introduction of downsized, turbocharged Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) engines in the
automotive market has led to a rapid increase in research on Low-speed Pre-ignition (LSPI) …

Occurrence of sporadic super-knock is the main obstacle in the development of advanced
gasoline engines. By utilizing a rapid compression machine, events of pre-ignition and …

Super-knock is the main obstacle to improve power density and engine efficiency of modern
gasoline engines. To understand the mechanism of super-knock, this study presents an …

Ammonia has attracted much attention because of its carbon-free nature. Ammonia also has
a high research octane number (RON), making it a promising anti-knock additive for …

Spark ignition (SI) stoichiometric natural gas (NG) engines could be used to replace diesel
engines as power sources in vehicles to meet carbon-emission regulations, which are …

In the framework of reducing GHG emissions and accelerating the decarbonization of the
road transport sector, vehicle efficiency is a key factor for competitiveness. In this sense, the …

Many direct numerical simulations of spherical hot spot auto-ignitions, with different fuels,
have identified different auto-ignitive regimes. These range from benign auto-ignition, with …