Abstract: A new criterion for the determination of the start of combustion (SOC) from the diesel engine in-cylinder pressure diagram was developed. It is defined as the maximum of the third-order ...

Abstract: It is well known that turbocharged diesel engines suffer from an inadequate response to sudden load increase, this being a consequence of the nature of the energy exchange between the engine ...

Abstract: A four-stroke four-cylinder turbocharged engine can be fitted with two different types exhaust system: a simple common manifold fed by all cylinders, or a twin-branch manifold, where two selected ...