This track includes technical papers and presentations focused on non-road engines and engine systems. Contributions addressing industry relevant topics in rail, marine, agriculture, compressor stations, power generation, and mining, among others are welcomed.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Implementation of advanced ignition systems, novel combustion systems and diagnostics, emissions control, and other relevant technologies as applied to non-road engines.
• Prototype testing results and real-world demonstrations of non-road engine systems.

 

This track includes technical papers and presentations with emphasis on fuel utilization, fuel and lubricant impacts on engines, and carbon management of engine systems.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Sustainable fuel utilization in engines, including e-fuels, synthetic fuels, biofuels, and conventional and non-conventional petroleum fuels used in novel configurations.
• Lubricant impacts on engine system performance.
• Carbon management of engine systems including carbon capture and storage, low carbon fuels, and onboard conversion of exhaust carbon dioxide to other products with lower impact on global climate.
• Life cycle analyses of fuels and engine systems, including well-to-wheels, tank-to-wheels, and cradle-to-grave analyses.

 

This track includes technical papers and presentations focused on advanced combustion concepts and strategies for engines at all scales and for all applications.

Papers addressing fundamental concepts and experiments in (but not limited to) the following areas are welcome:

• Fundamental aspects of IC engines, including engine thermodynamics, extreme compression, experimental engine fluid dynamics, etc.
• Novel/advanced combustion concepts including LTC concepts such as RCCI/dual fuel, GCI, etc.
• Combustion, fluid flow, and spray diagnostics, including in-cylinder laser-based and optical diagnostics, pressure-based methods, etc.
• Experimental investigations of reacting and non-reacting fuel sprays, fundamental liquid breakup and atomization, spray diagnostics development, droplet phenomena and combustion, and novel fuel injection strategies

 

This track includes technical papers and presentations in the areas of internal combustion engines used in advanced powertrain configurations, electrification/hybridization strategies, engine controls and engine design.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Modeling and diagnostics for control systems including combustion modeling, sub-system modeling, hardware in the loop (HiL) models, sensor signal processing, and onboard modeling for diagnostics
• Innovative testing equipment and methods including HiL applications, rapid control prototyping, and design of novel test rigs
• Novel control strategies and calibration methods including advanced control and transient calibration methodologies
• New engine sensing methodologies for diagnostics and research applications including new sensors, new applications of existing sensors, and sensors for production engines
• Engine sub-systems including new actuators and/or sensors used as part of auxiliary systems
• Powertrain electrification including engines operating within hybrid powertrains, engine design, development, and control for hybrid applications
• Engine design, mechanical development and thermal management of engines and subsystems
• Base engine mechanical systems including valvetrain, power cylinder, fuel system and turbomachinery
• Thermal management of engine cooling and lubrication systems

 

This track includes technical papers and presentations focused on emissions control technologies.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Development, evaluation, and simulation of new emissions control catalyst materials and system architectures
• Thermal management of catalyst technologies
• Emissions control system durability
• Effects of alternative fuels on engine emissions and emissions control system performance
• Reductant delivery
• Drive cycle/real-world emissions

*CLEERS: Cross-Cut Lean Exhaust Emissions Reductions Simulations

 

This track invites technical papers and presentations focused on advancing numerical modeling and simulation of internal combustion engines across various dimensions.

Topics of interest include (but not limited to) new developments and novel concepts related to:

• Tool and workflow development
• Multi-phase modeling
• Turbulence modeling
• Reacting flow modeling
• Chemical kinetics
• System-level modeling
• Artificial intelligence and machine learning for model development

 

This track includes technical papers and presentations focused on small engines and engine systems. Contributions addressing industry relevant topics in small engines welcomed.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Implementation of advanced ignition systems, novel combustion systems and diagnostics, emissions control, and other relevant technologies as applied to small engines.
• Prototype testing results and real-world demonstrations of small engine systems.

 

This track includes technical papers and presentations focused on light-duty engine systems that are used in passenger vehicles. Contributions addressing industry relevant topics in specific to the sector are welcomed.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Advances in down-sized boosted spark-ignition engines systems
• Cold-start specific engine performance and emissions
• Implementation of advanced ignition systems, novel combustion systems and diagnostics, emissions control, and other relevant technologies as applied to light-duty engines
• Prototype testing results and real-world demonstrations or drive cycle demonstrations of light-duty engine systems.

 

This track includes technical papers and presentations focused on engine systems that are used in commercial on-road vehicles. Contributions addressing industry relevant topics for medium- and heavy-duty engine systems in specific to the sector are welcomed.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Advances in engine systems enabling new alternative fuels
• Engine system configurations and demonstrations for meeting ultra-low Nox standards
• Implementation of advanced ignition systems, novel combustion systems and diagnostics, emissions control, and other relevant technologies as applied to medium-and heavy-duty engines
• Prototype testing results and real-world demonstrations or drive cycle demonstrations of engine systems for commercial vehicles.