PI: Ron Matthews, University of Texas. Project Description: The downsized, turbocharged, direct DISI engine is the most fuel efficient gasoline engine in production. Although not as efficient as a diesel engine, it is much less expensive and has superior performance....
PI: Ron Matthews, University of Texas. Project Description: CFD codes for piston engine simulations generally assign the adiabatic flame temperature to the numerical cell in closest vicinity to the spark gap of the actual engine, which forces a flame to propagate away...
PI: Youngsheng Lian, University of Louisville. Project Description: Fuel injection system plays an important role in determining the combustion efficiency and pollutant emission. Modern diesel injection system often uses a high-pressure fuel rail to deliver fuel into...
PI: Raja Ayyanar, Arizona State University. Project Description: The project aims to develop high power density and high efficiency power converters for the dc-dc power conversion stage of electric vehicle propulsion drive exploiting the game-changing features of wide...
PIs: Hong-Ki Hong, Shuhui Li and Tim Haskew, University of Alabama. Project Description: Proposed are two motor design concepts to reduce motor cost and torque ripple, and to improve power efficiency. Price of RE (rare earth) minerals are not steady as the supply of...