[EN] Ideal models provide the simplest way to reproduce internal combustion engine (ICE) cycles, but they usually do not represent with sufficient accuracy the actual behaviour of an ICE. A suitable alternative for research ...
[EN] Control strategies such as variations in injection pressure and timing have been used by researchers to reduce in-cylinder exhaust emissions and meet legislation standards. Postinjection has been studied for several ...
Torregrosa Huguet, Antonio José; Serrano Cruz, José Ramón; Arnau Martínez, Francisco José; Piqueras Cabrera, Pedro(Elsevier, 2011-01)
The use of particulate filters (DPF) in Diesel engines has become in recent years the standard technology for the control of soot aerosol emissions. Once emissions reduction through the management of filtration and ...
[EN] In-cylinder pressure analysis is a key tool for engine research and diagnosis and it has been object of study from the beginning of the internal combustion engines. One of its most useful application is combustion ...
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 ...
Vera-Tudela Fajardo, Walter Martin(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-12-16)
[EN] This last few years, the trend in diesel engines has been to use different kinds of fuels to identify their influence and behaviour on the emissions and performance. Among the wide variety of fuels employed are the ...
An on-engine method for dynamic characterisation of automotive NOx concentration sensors is presented. Steps in start of injection on a diesel engine are employed to achieve step-like NOx concentration variations on exhaust ...
Pachano Prieto, Leonardo Manuel(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2017-07-27)
Emission legislation together with the need of more fuel-efficient engines have driven the development of promising combustion concepts in compression ignition (CI) engines. Most of them, lead toward a lean and low temperature ...
Pardo Goicoechea, Enrique(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-10-26)
[EN] The aim of this thesis research is the study of fire behavior against one of the landmarks of the city of Valencia, La Lonja de Valencia, also known as the Silk Exchange buildings. Therefore, in this thesis a state ...
Lupini González, Gabriel Francisco(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-09-04)
[ES] La formación de hollín es un fenómeno que ocurre en gran parte de los procesos de combustión, siendo un precursor natural de las partículas sólidas emitidas a la atmósfera. Debido al acoplamiento entre procesos físicos ...
Pinotti, Mattia(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-07-27)
[EN] In this work is underlined the importance of the optical techniques in the mark of the investigation on internal combustion engines. The document reports an example of application of different optical techniques for ...
García-Oliver, José M; García Martínez, Antonio; De La Morena, Joaquín; Monsalve-Serrano, Javier(John Wiley & Sons, 2019-09)
[EN] This study presents the application of an existing interactive application for teaching spray dynamics in engineering degrees. The model is based on spray momentum conservation and can be used to evaluate both fuel-air ...
Escobedo Carbonell, Pablo(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2017-09-05)
Sprays injected into an atmosphere with thermodynamic conditions similar to those occuring inside the cylinder of an internal combustion engine have been characterized motor of ignition for the compression for the automotive ...
Payri, Raul; Salvador, F.J.; García Martínez, Antonio; Gil, A.(American Chemical Society, 2012-07)
[EN] Evaporating diesel sprays from three different multi-hole nozzles have been studied by means of three different and complementary techniques: Mie scattering, double-pass schlieren, and CH radical chemiluminescence. ...
Monelletta, Luca(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2011-05-27)
Despite their important advantages in terms of fuel consumption in comparison with gasoline engines, for a long time the characteristic impulsive combustion noise has been one of the main causes why customers are reluctant ...
Vázquez Natividad, Andrea(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-03-10)
A high-e ective combustion in the thrust chamber of a rocket engine is strongly
dependant of the spray quality. Thus, in order to maximize the e ciency is important
to understand and control the phenomena responsible for ...
Combustion simulation in two-stroke engines becomes necessary not only for engine performance prediction but also for scavenge evaluation, since in-cylinder pressure and temperature are highly influenced by combustion ...
Fortea Marzo, Rosa Marina(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-12-17)
[ES] Hoy en día, los efectos negativos del calentamiento global generan una gran preocupación sobre las emisiones de los gases de efecto invernadero y sus consecuencias. Debido al consumo de combustibles fósiles en el ...
Pastor Berdún, Pablo(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-07-27)
[ES] En los últimos años se ha observado un creciente interés a nivel político, económico y social por el cambio climático y sus efectos tanto en la salud de las personas como en la conservación de la naturaleza. Cada vez ...