Details of Grant 

EPSRC Reference:	GR/S15372/01
Title:	New Generation Direct Injection Gasoline Engine with Controlled Auto Ignition
Principal Investigator:	Zhao, Professor H
Other Investigators:	Ma, Dr T Ma, Dr T Ladommatos, Professor N
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Project Partners:	Ford Motor Co Jaguar Land Rover Limited
Department:	Mechanical Engineering
Organisation:	Brunel University London
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 December 2003	Ends:	30 November 2006	Value (£):	323,687
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Combustion
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Transport Systems and Vehicles
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This proposal represents an attempt to combine two of the most promising means of improving the gasoline engine as a combustion system: the new concept of CAI/HCCI combustion with the prowess of direct injection technology. In the proposed research, a direct injection gasoline engine will be made to operate in CAI/HCCI combustion rather than stratified charge SI combustion at part-load conditions and to work in homogeneous charge spark ignition (SI) combustion at higher-load conditions. As a result, it is expected that the proposed research will lead to the development of a new class of highly efficient gasoline engines with superior performance and ultra-low emissions. This optimum combination of the new CAI/HCCI combustion process and direct injection technology is very promising and deserves immediate attention as a candidate combustion system for the next generation of gasoline engines. The proposed research will be for the first time to tackle the issues of switching between SI and CAI, as well as performing a systematic research on DI gasoline engine with CAI combustion. Through close collaboration with industiral partners, the proposed research will ensure that the new technology can be effectively developed and incorporated into future production engines. In view of the recently announced substantial funding ( multi-million dollars) on HCCI/CAI combustion technology by the U.S Department of Energy, the proposed research will also be critial to maintain the UX's leading position in the understanding and application of CAI/HCCI combustion to automotive industry and other applications.
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