PI: Ron Matthews, University of Texas. Project Description: TxDOT has approximately 2000 high-emitting Diesel-powered dump trucks. One option for reducing emissions and achieving fuel cost savings is to replace their existing engines with engines fueled with either...
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...