1st Edition
Engine Emission Control Technologies Design Modifications and Pollution Mitigation Techniques
This new volume covers the important issues related to environmental emissions from SI and CI engines as well as their formation and various pollution mitigation techniques. The book addresses aspects of improvements in engine modification, such as design modifications for enhanced performance, both with conventional fuels as well as with new and alternative fuels. It also explores some new combustion concepts that will help to pave the way for complying with new emission concepts.
Alternative fuels are addressed in this volume to help mitigate harmful emissions, and alternative power sources for automobiles are also discussed briefly to cover the switch over from fueled engines to electrics, including battery-powered electric vehicles and fuel cells. The authors explain the different technologies available to date to overcome the limitations of conventional prime movers (fueled by both fossil fuels and alternative fuels).
Topics examined include:
• Engine modifications needed to limit harmful emissions
• The use of engine after-treatment devices to contain emissions
• The development of new combustion concepts
• Adoption of alternative fuels in existing engines
• Switching over to electrics—advantages and limitations
• Specifications of highly marketed automobiles
• Emission measurement methods
Biography
G. Amba Prasad Rao, PhD, is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India. With over 30 years of teaching and research experience, he has had many roles over the years, including associate dean, faculty advisor, lecturer, among others. He was the founding coordinator for the MTech degree in Automobile Engineering at NIT Warangal. He has published book chapters and technical papers in international journals. He has given a number of presentations on internal combustion engines, alternative fuels, and emission control and has organized several conferences and short-term programs.
T. Karthikeya Sharma, PhD, is Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh, India. He is specialized in internal combustion engines, refrigeration, and air conditioning and has been involved in computational fluid dynamic analysis of combustion in IC engines. He is a member of various professional bodies and a consultant engineer for several research laboratories. He has published research articles on pre-mixed HCCI combustion analysis. He, along with his student, exhibited a manual transmission system for hybrid vehicles at a festival of innovation held at Rastrapati Bhawan, New Delhi, India. Dr. Karthikeya has received awards and citations for excellence as a researcher and as an engineering educator.
