Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicle Technologies for Improved Environmental Performance
Woodhead Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-323-90979-2 (ISBN)
This reference will provide professionals, engineers and researchers of alternative fuels with an understanding of the latest clean technologies which will help them to advance the field. Those working in environmental and mechanical engineering will benefit from the detailed analysis of the technologies covered, as will fuel suppliers and energy producers seeking to improve the efficiency, sustainability and accessibility of their work.
Richard Folkson is Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor for Innovation and Design and Deputy President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Professor Steve Sapsford BSc (Hons), CEng FIMechE is a former director at Ricardo and is currently the chair of the Powertrain Systems and Fuels Group at the IMechE. He is an expert in the field of vehicle propulsions systems with special interest in life-cycle analysis and sustainable fuels. Steve is a Visiting Professor at the University of Cardiff and an Industrial Advisor at the University of Nottingham.
1. Introduction
2. The role of alternative and renewable liquid fuels in environmentally sustainable transport of internal combustion engines: key challenges and blending technologies
3. Using alternative and renewable liquid fuels to improve the environmental performance of internal combustion engines: key challenges and blending technologies
4. Alternative and renewable gaseous fuels to improve vehicle environmental performance
5. Electricity as energy vectors for transportation vehicles
6. Hydrogen as an energy vector for transportation
7. Advanced engine oils to improve performance of modern internal combustion engines
8. Advanced fuel additives for modern internal combustion engines
9. Internal combustion engine cycles and concepts
10. Heavy-duty vehicles and powertrains: Technologies and systems that enable 'zero' air quality and greenhouse gas emissions with enhanced levels of efficiency
11. Heavy duty vehicles and powertrains: Future internal combustion engine systems and technologies
12. Conventional and Advanced internal combustion engine materials
13. Advanced transmission technologies to improve vehicle performance
14. Sustainable design and manufacture of lightweight vehicle structures
15. Improved vehicle rolling resistance and aerodynamics
16. Mechanical and electrical flywheel hybrid technology to store energy in vehicles
17. Hydraulic and pneumatic hybrid powertrains for improved fuel economy in vehicles
18. Integration and performance of regenerative braking and energy recovery technologies in vehicles
19. Battery technology for CO2 reduction
20. Lithium-ion Cells, Batteries and Other Emerging Storage Technologies
21. Conventional fuel / hybrid electric vehicles
22. Pure electric vehicles
23. Fuel- cell (hydrogen) electric hybrid vehicles
24. Autonomous vehicles / Self-driving cars / Intelligent Transport Systems and their role in reducing fuel consumption and vehicle emissions
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.08.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy |
| Zusatzinfo | 200 illustrations (100 in full color); Illustrations |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 1340 g |
| Themenwelt | Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik |
| Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-323-90979-5 / 0323909795 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-323-90979-2 / 9780323909792 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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