Benajes Calvo, Jesus Vicente; Pastor Soriano, José Vicente; García Martínez, Antonio; Boronat-Colomer, Vicente(Elsevier, 2016-10-15)
Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition concept offers an ultra-low nitrogen oxide and soot emissions with a high thermal efficiency. This work investigates the capabilities of this low temperature combustion concept ...
Benajes, Jesús; García Martínez, Antonio; Monsalve-Serrano, Javier; Boronat-Colomer, Vicente(Elsevier, 2017-03-15)
[EN] 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 benefits when compared to conventional ...
Benajes Calvo, Jesus Vicente; García Martínez, Antonio; Monsalve Serrano, Javier; Balloul, Iyad; Pradel, Gerard(Elsevier, 2016-09-01)
This work investigates the capabilities of the dual-mode reactivity controlled compression ignition/conventional diesel combustion engine operation to cover the full operating range of a EURO VI medium-duty diesel engine ...
Benajes Calvo, Jesus Vicente; Pastor Soriano, José Vicente; García Martínez, Antonio; Monsalve Serrano, Javier(Elsevier, 2015-10)
This experimental work investigates the effects of piston bowl geometry on RCCI performance and emissions at low, medium and high engine loads. For this purpose three different piston bowl geometries with compression ratio ...
Benajes Calvo, Jesus Vicente; Molina Alcaide, Santiago Alberto; García Martínez, Antonio; Belarte Mañes, Eduardo; Vanvolsem, Michel(Elsevier, 2014-02-05)
An experimental and numerical study has been carried out to understand mixing and auto-ignition processes in RCCI combustion conditions, using gasoline and diesel as low and high reactivity fuels, respectively.
Three ...
Benajes, Jesús; García Martínez, Antonio; Monsalve-Serrano, Javier; Boronat-Colomer, Vicente(Elsevier, 2017-05-15)
[EN] Literature demonstrates that, for premixed low temperature combustion concepts, particulate matter cannot be directly extrapolated from soot emissions measurements, as typically done for conventional diesel combustion. ...
[EN] Although there are already several works where the influence of injection parameters on exhaust emissions, and specifically on particulate matter emissions, in diesel engines has been evaluated, the diversity in the ...
Benajes, Jesús; García Martínez, Antonio; Monsalve-Serrano, Javier; Lago-Sari, Rafael(Elsevier, 2020-07-15)
[EN] From previous results in a single-cylinder engine platform, it can be concluded that the dual-mode dual-fuel (DMDF) concept can be a potential solution to overcome the major constraints found with other single-fuel ...
Xu, Guangfu; Monsalve-Serrano, Javier; Jia, Ming; García Martínez, Antonio(Elsevier, 2020-03-15)
[EN] The diesel/gasoline dual-mode dual-fuel (DMDF) combustion concept was optimized in a compression-ignition engine by combining the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations with the genetic algorithm. Seven operating ...
Xu, Guangfu; García Martínez, Antonio; Jia, Ming; Monsalve-Serrano, Javier(Elsevier, 2021-10-15)
[EN] Focusing on the dual-mode dual-fuel (DMDF) combustion concept, a combined optimization of the piston bowl geometry with the fuel injection strategy was conducted at various loads. An improved genetic algorithm was ...
García Martínez, Antonio; Monsalve-Serrano, Javier; Villalta-Lara, David; Fogué-Robles, Álvaro(Elsevier, 2022-12-15)
[EN] Internal combustion engines are still within the future of highway transport. Low-temperature combustion modes are prone to substitute conventional diesel combustion engines, seeking better performance and improved ...
García Martínez, Antonio; Monsalve-Serrano, Javier; Martínez-Boggio, Santiago Daniel; Gaillard, Patrick; Poussin, Olivier; Amer, Amer A.(Elsevier, 2020-11-15)
[EN] The European commission is targeting a 15% reduction in CO2 emissions for medium and heavy-duty transportation starting in 2025. Moreover, the next European normative (EU VII) will impose a decrease of 50% for NOx and ...
[EN] Stringent emissions limits introduced for internal combustion engines impose a major challenge for the research community. The technological solution adopted by the manufactures of diesel engines to meet the NOx and ...
Benajes Calvo, Jesus Vicente; Molina, Santiago; García Martínez, Antonio; Monsalve Serrano, Javier(Elsevier, 2015-07-15)
This work investigates the effects of the direct injection timing and blending ratio on RCCI performance and engine-out emissions at different engine loads using four low reactivity fuels: E10-95, E10-98, E20-95 and E85 ...
[EN] From the different power plants, the compression ignition diesel engines are considered the best alternative to be used in the transport sector due to its high efficiency. However, the current emission standards impose ...
Benajes Calvo, Jesus Vicente; Molina, Santiago; García Martínez, Antonio; Monsalve Serrano, Javier(Elsevier, 2015-10)
This work investigates the effect of low reactivity fuel characteristics and blending ratio on low load RCCI (reactivity controlled compression ignition) performance and emissions using four different low reactivity fuels: ...
[EN] The application of a low-temperature combustion concept, such as RCCI combustion under real engine operating conditions is extremely complex. However, the implementation of the dual-mode dual-fuel (DMDF) strategy ...
Benajes Calvo, Jesus Vicente; García Martínez, Antonio; Pastor Enguídanos, José Manuel; Monsalve Serrano, Javier(Elsevier, 2016-03-01)
This work investigates the effects of the piston bowl geometry on RCCI (Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition) heat transfer and combustion losses and its repercussion on the engine efficiency. For this purpose, three ...
García Martínez, Antonio; Monsalve-Serrano, Javier; Lago Sari, Rafael; Martínez-Boggio, Santiago Daniel(Elsevier, 2022-01-01)
[EN] Reactivity controlled compression ignition (RCCI) combustion showed great advantages in terms of engine-out NOx and soot emissions reduction. However, HC and CO emissions are larger than with conventional diesel ...
García Martínez, Antonio; Monsalve-Serrano, Javier; Lago Sari, Rafael; Martínez-Boggio, Santiago Daniel(Elsevier, 2022-01-15)
[EN] The green-deal carbon neutrality target set for 2050 and CLOVE consortium predictions of NOx reductions confirm the efforts of the European commission to achieve a clean and sustainable transportation. In this sense, ...