García Martínez, Antonio; Monsalve-Serrano, Javier; Lago-Sari, Rafael; Martínez-Boggio, Santiago Daniel(Elsevier, 2021-10-15)
[EN] This work aims at studying the thermal runaway process caused by thermal abuse using different optical techniques. A commercial Samsung ICR 18,650 - 26 J cylindrical battery cell is exposed to different heating ramps ...
García Martínez, Antonio; Monsalve-Serrano, Javier; Martínez-Boggio, Santiago; Soria Alcaide, Rafael(Elsevier, 2023-04-01)
[EN] The current investigation presents a methodology to quantify the error in the greenhouse gas emissions of different electric passenger vehicles when considering the marginal instead of the average CO2 emissions. Both ...
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 ...
Luján, José M.; García Martínez, Antonio; Monsalve-Serrano, Javier; Martínez-Boggio, Santiago(Elsevier, 2019-11-01)
[EN] Recent investigations demonstrated that the real-world driving conditions differ from those proposed in the homologation cycles. This provokes that the emissions levels in real-life conditions exceed the normative ...
García Martínez, Antonio; Monsalve-Serrano, Javier; Martínez-Boggio, Santiago Daniel; Gaillard, Patrick(Elsevier, 2021-10-01)
[EN] The European community foresees a 15% CO2 tailpipe emissions restriction in 2025 and 30% in 2030 for the trucks. While battery electric vehicles would help to reach these levels, their low ranges make them unfeasible ...
Benajes, Jesús; García Martínez, Antonio; Monsalve-Serrano, Javier; Martínez-Boggio, Santiago Daniel(Elsevier, 2020-01-05)
[EN] Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) can be considered as a potential technology to promote the change from conventional mobility to e-mobility. However, the real benefits in terms of CO2 emissions depend on a great extent ...
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; Martínez-Boggio, Santiago Daniel; Golke, Diego(Elsevier, 2023-01-15)
[EN] The 2035 European Union ban on internal combustion engines pushes the transport industry toward alternative
propulsion technologies. One of the most potent alternatives to the 250 million passenger automobiles in ...
García Martínez, Antonio; Carlucci, Paolo; Monsalve-Serrano, Javier; Valletta, Andrea; Martínez-Boggio, Santiago Daniel(Elsevier, 2021-11-15)
[EN] The electrification of propulsion systems in light passenger vehicles is essential to reach the objectives set by the different organizations that protect the environment. However, due to various aspects such as ...
García Martínez, Antonio; Carlucci, Paolo; Monsalve-Serrano, Javier; Valletta, Andrea; Martínez-Boggio, Santiago Daniel(Elsevier, 2020-08-15)
[EN] Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition combustion technology potentials are well known for the capability to drastically reduce the engine-out nitrogen oxides and soot emissions simultaneously. Its implementation ...
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, ...
[EN] Because of the rising demand for CO2 emission limits and the high cost of fuel, the electrification of heavy-duty vehicles has become a hot topic. Manufacturers have tried a variety of designs to entice customers, but ...
Serrano, J.R.; García Martínez, Antonio; Monsalve-Serrano, Javier; Martínez-Boggio, Santiago Daniel(Elsevier, 2021-01-15)
[EN] The potential of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions highly depends on the vehicle usage and electricity source. In addition, the high costs of the battery pack and electric ...
García Martínez, Antonio; Monsalve-Serrano, Javier; Martínez-Boggio, Santiago Daniel; Gaillard, Patrick(Elsevier, 2021-11-01)
[EN] Reactivity controlled compression ignition combustion showed great advantages in terms of NOx and soot emissions reduction, leading to virtually zero emissions. However, the average brake thermal efficiency of this ...
García Martínez, Antonio; Monsalve-Serrano, Javier; Lago-Sari, Rafael; Martínez-Boggio, Santiago Daniel(Elsevier, 2022-03)
[EN] Thermal runaway is one of the main concerns of battery electric vehicles due to the hazard level that represents for the user and the surroundings. Several works studied different type of abuse in lithiumion cells and ...
García Martínez, Antonio; Monsalve-Serrano, Javier; Martínez-Boggio, Santiago Daniel; Zhao Wenbin; Qian, Yong(Elsevier, 2022-03)
[EN] Electrified powertrains have been growth in the last few years due to the increase in powertrain efficiency. However, for heavy-duty vehicles the right choice it is not clear. The long-routes and large number of daily ...
[EN] Lithium-ion cells are one of the solutions with the most significant potential for energy storage in future transportation. However, a controlled ambient temperature is crucial for its application due to thermal safety. ...
Martínez-Boggio, Santiago Daniel; Di Blasio, Davide; Fletcher, Tom; Burque, Richard; García Martínez, Antonio; Monsalve-Serrano, Javier(Elsevier, 2023-05-01)
[EN] Hydrogen fuel cells are a potential route to decarbonize the automotive sector due to the zero CO2 tailpipe
emissions, faster re-fuelling, and higher energy density than their direct competitor, the battery-electric ...
Benajes, Jesús; García Martínez, Antonio; Monsalve-Serrano, Javier; Martínez-Boggio, Santiago(Elsevier, 2019-06-15)
[EN] The stringent regulations, increased global temperature and customer demand for high fuel economy have led to rapid developments of different alternative propulsion solutions in the last decade, with special attention ...
García Martínez, Antonio; Monsalve-Serrano, Javier; Martínez-Boggio, Santiago Daniel; Roso, Vinicius Ruckert; Souza Alvarenga Santos, Nathalia Duarte(Elsevier, 2020-05)
[EN] The strong new restrictions in the vehicle CO2 emissions together with the instability of the fossil fuels reserves reinforces the necessity to continue developing high efficiency combustion engines that operate with ...