Second-law analyses applied to internal combustion engines operation

CD Rakopoulos, EG Giakoumis - Progress in energy and combustion …, 2006 - Elsevier
This paper surveys the publications available in the literature concerning the application of
the second-law of thermodynamics to internal combustion engines. The availability (exergy) …

An evaluation based on energy and exergy analyses in SI engine fueled with waste bread bioethanol-gasoline blends

BS Kul, M Ciniviz - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, the operation of a single cylinder, four stroke, SI engine powered by fuels
created by blending two different bioethanol with gasoline was evaluated on the basis of …

Butanol—a single-cylinder engine study: availability analysis

FN Alasfour - Applied Thermal Engineering, 1997 - Elsevier
The availability analysis of a spark-ignition engine using a butanol-gasoline blend has been
experimentally investigated. A Hydra single-cylinder, spark-ignition, fuel-injection engine …

Generation of combustion irreversibilities in a spark ignition engine under biogas–hydrogen mixtures fueling

CD Rakopoulos, CN Michos - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2009 - Elsevier
Availability analysis is applied to the cylinder of a spark ignition engine during the closed
part of the engine cycle when biogas–hydrogen blends, with volumetric fractions of …

A review on exergetic analysis and assessment of various types of engines

H Caliskan, ME Tat, A Hepbasli - International Journal of …, 2010 - inderscienceonline.com
This study presents a review on energy and exergy analysis of Otto and Diesel engines.
Calculation methods of the analysis are discussed in detail. Previous studies, from 1963 to …

Investigation of knock limited compression ratio of ethanol gasoline blends

J Szybist, M Foster, WR Moore, K Confer, A Youngquist… - 2010 - sae.org
Ethanol offers significant potential for increasing the compression ratio of SI engines
resulting from its high octane number and high latent heat of vaporization. A study was …

Exergetic evaluation of the renewability of a biofuel

R Berthiaume, C Bouchard, MA Rosen - Exergy, An International Journal, 2001 - Elsevier
A method is described to quantify the renewability of a biofuel, namely ethanol produced
from corn. In the presentation, the ideal CO2–glucose–ethanol cycle is considered to show …

Availability analysis of a syngas fueled spark ignition engine using a multi-zone combustion model

CD Rakopoulos, CN Michos, EG Giakoumis - Energy, 2008 - Elsevier
A previously developed and validated zero-dimensional, multi-zone, thermodynamic
combustion model for the prediction of spark ignition (SI) engine performance and nitric …

Energy and exergy based performance evaluation of variable compression ratio spark ignition engine based on experimental work

SS Bhatti, S Verma, SK Tyagi - Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2019 - Elsevier
The present communication deals with the study of energy and exergy analysis of variable
compression ratio four stroke spark ignition engine based on experimental work. The effect …

Exergetic analysis of a spark ignition engine fuelled with ethanol

CH Rufino, AJTB de Lima, AP Mattos, FUM Allah… - Energy Conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Exergetic analysis consists in the evaluation of the exergetic balance on experimental data.
When applied to an internal combustion engine, exergetic analysis can identify sources of …