Research Themes

  • Low temperature combustion
  • Homogenous charge compression ignition (HCCI)
  • Dual-fuel combustion
  • Diluted/Lean burn combustion
  • Ignition criterion research for future high-efficiency SI engines 
  • HCCI lean combustion control using spark ignition 

 

  • High-efficiency clean combustion of biofuels
  • Fuel injection and spray research (ethanol, butanol, dimethyl ether)
  • Modeling of combustion, gas exchange, in-cylinder flow field
  • Ignition circuit and electronics simulation
  • Online heat release analysis 
  • In-cylinder gas sampling
  • Optical diagnostics
  • Ion-current detection