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MAY 2, 2014

A new study by Dr. Gautam Kalghatgi and his colleagues at Saudi Aramco provides further support a pathway for significant improvements in the efficiency of a gasoline engine (i.e., Broadly, this approach is termed Gasoline Compression Ignition (GCI). spark ignited, SI) by running it in compression ignition mode with naphtha fuels.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Among their findings was that E20 offers higher peak load capability and thermal efficiency than gasoline. The process involves introduction of a low reactivity fuel into the cylinder to create a well-mixed charge of low reactivity fuel, air and recirculated exhaust gases.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Achates Power, the developer of a family of two-stroke compression-ignition opposed-piston engines ( earlier post ), has been selected by APRA-E under its OPEN 2015 solicitation ( earlier post ) for an award of more than $9 million to develop a multi-cylinder opposed piston engine operating with compression ignition that uses gasoline as the fuel.

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MAY 3, 2011

Although Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) combustion offers significant efficiency improvements compared to conventional spark ignition gasoline engines, traditional HCCI combustion can be realized only in a limited operating range. Peak valve lift of intake and exhaust valves was varied based on the strategy. mm and 6.0

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JUNE 19, 2013

Preliminary results from a new study by a team from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the University of Wisconsin suggest that the fuel properties of moderate biofuel blends such as E20 and B20 increase the benefits of the use of Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition (RCCI). Earlier post.).

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MAY 4, 2009

The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) has been selected for negotiation of an award for a project to explore new high-pressure lean burn combustion that can enable future gasoline engines to achieve 20-40% improved fuel economy. Team members include the University of Wisconsin (principal investigator), Caterpillar, Inc.,

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FEBRUARY 5, 2016

A team at the Engine Research Center (ERC), University of Wisconsin-Madison has demonstrated the viability of reactivity-controlled compression ignition (RCCI) in a two-stroke engine. However, RCCI experiments with gasoline and n-heptane (higher volatility) proved to be successful. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 5, 2015

Among their findings were that multi-mode RCCI has the potential to offer greater than 15% fuel economy improvement over a 2009 gasoline PFI baseline over many light-duty driving cycles, despite the lack of complete drive cycle coverage for RCCI mode. During RCCI-only operation, fuel usage was found to be between 57 and 69% gasoline.

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JUNE 25, 2016

Researchers at Tsinghua University, along with Professor Rolf Reitz at the Engine Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, have investigated for the first time the the characteristics of homogenous charge compression ignition (HCCI) of polyoxymethylene dimethyl ether (PODE). A paper on their work appears in the journal Fuel.

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APRIL 18, 2011

Johnson said that currently, Achates can deliver a 12-16% reduction in fuel consumption compared to the best diesel, and about 50% against gasoline, and with a cost and size reduction. An external air compressor feeds compressed air to the conditioning unit where it is mixed with exhaust gas. —David Johnson. The Achates engine.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding nearly $55 million for 24 projects to develop and deploy advanced vehicle technologies, supporting the Energy Department’s EV Everywhere Grand Challenge to make plug-in electric vehicles as affordable to own and operate as today’s gasoline-powered vehicles by 2022. 750,000 (jointly funded).

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MAY 28, 2009

General Motors last week again highlighted the progress it is making with advanced HCCI (homogeneous charge compression ignition) gasoline engines by showcasing a demonstrator unit. Najt, then at the University of Wisconsin, and David Foster published the first study of a gasoline-fueled four-stroke HCCI engine in 1983.).

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AUGUST 4, 2016

The light-duty diesel was equipped with the original high-pressure common rail injection system, high-pressure exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), variable geometry turbocharger and variable swirl actuation. The bulk of the experimental results presented in the ORNL study are from a 2007 GM DI 1.9-L The intake manifold was modified for PFI.

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AUGUST 16, 2016

Most of the projects will support the goals of EV Everywhere, an Energy Department program that aims to make PEVs as affordable and convenient as gasoline-powered vehicles by 2022. valve faces, piston crowns, and exhaust ports) to improve fuel economy. The Department of the Army is contributing an additional $2.2 Description.

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JULY 17, 2015

The alternative-fuel car evolved to reduce exhaust emissions and other problems derived from burning fossil fuels. Though the PHEV combines the two types of energy and power, it is not merely a temporary “transition” between gasoline and diesel cars to pure electric cars. by Professor Andrew Alfonso Frank. It is much more than that.

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AUGUST 10, 2011

Wisconsin Engine Research Consultants LLC. This project will enable diesel-like efficiency and increased maximum power output in a gasoline engine by using a secondary fuel to suppress engine knock under high load. UChicago Argonne LLC. Solid state thermoelectric energy conversion devices. Grantee Description. Amerigon Incorporated.

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