Clean Energy Capability Portfolio | Clean Fuels |
Alternatively Fuelled and Low-Emission
Engines
Technologies for low-emission , high-efficiency power machines that enhance the use of renewable carbon-neutral fuels . |
Competitive Advantage • Combining optical diagnostics and engine design / testing for the development of multi-fuel capable and low-emission combustion engine technologies
• Laser-based imaging in optically accessible engines to visualise complex and transient motion of incylinder flows , development of fuel sprays , flames , and formation of pollutants
• Direct industry collaboration for technology development
Impact • Combustion technology enables the extended use of renewable fuels , such as hydrogen , methanol , ammonia , ethanol and biodiesel
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Capabilities and Facilities • Optical engines and advanced imaging systems
• Engine-performance / emission-testing facility
• Design of key engine components and retrofitting applications
Our Collaborators • SCANIA
• Hyundai Motor Company
• US Army Research Laboratory
• MAN Energy Solutions
More Information |
Successful Applications |
Professor Shawn Kook School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering |
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• Fuel injection technologies for ethanol-diesel dualfuel engines
• Biodiesel combustion technologies for reduced pollutants formation
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T : + 61 2 9385 4091 E : s . kook @ unsw . edu . au |
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• Ethanol and petrol combustion in a high-efficiency compression-ignition engine |
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• Hydrogen-diesel dual direct injection engines |
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