Rakesh Kumar Maurya Knihy

Focusing on advanced engine combustion technologies, this book explores high fuel conversion efficiency alongside ultralow NOx and particulate matter emissions. It delves into various low temperature combustion systems like HCCI, PCCI, PPC, and RCCI engines, detailing their performance and fuel quality needs. The analysis includes futuristic technologies and emphasizes soot particle emissions, load constraints, and fuel impacts. Additionally, it covers closed loop combustion control, including necessary sensors and strategies, making it valuable for graduate students, researchers, and professionals in the field.

This book deals with in-cylinder pressure measurement and its post-processing for combustion quality analysis of conventional and advanced reciprocating engines. It offers insight into knocking and combustion stability analysis techniques and algorithms in SI, CI, and LTC engines, and places special emphasis on the digital signal processing of in-cylinder pressure signal for online and offline applications. The text gives a detailed description on sensors for combustion measurement, data acquisition, and methods for estimation of performance and combustion parameters. The information provided in this book enhances readers’ basic knowledge of engine combustion diagnostics and serves as a comprehensive, ready reference for a broad audience including graduate students, course instructors, researchers, and practicing engineers in the automotive, oil and other industries concerned with internal combustion engines.