Introduction to Novel Internal Combustion Engine Technologies for Performance Improvement and Emission Reduction -- Application of Laser-Induced Fluorescence Technique in Internal Combustion Engine -- Challenges and Opportunities of Particle Imaging Velocimetry as a Tool for Internal Combustion Engine Diagnostics -- Dimethyl Ether Spray Characteristics for Compression Ignition Engines -- Spray Chamber Designs, and Optical Techniques for Fundamental Spray Investigations -- Efficiency Improvement of Internal Combustion Engines Over Time -- Evolution of Catalytic Converters for Spark Ignition Engines to Control Emissions -- Engine Emission Control Devices for Particulate Matter and Oxides of Nitrogen: Challenges and Emerging Trends -- Variation of soot structure along the exhaust after-treatment system – Impact of fuel type on the soot/catalyst interactions -- Effect of Hybrid Nanoparticle on DI Diesel Engine Performance, Combustion and Emission Studies.

This monograph covers different aspects of internal combustion engines including engine performance and emissions and presents various solutions to resolve these issues. The contents provide examples of utilization of methanol as a fuel for CI engines in different modes of transportation, such as railroad, personal vehicles or heavy duty road transportation. The volume provides information about the current methanol utilization and its potential, its effect on the engine in terms of efficiency, combustion, performance, pollutants formation and prediction. The contents are also based on review of technologies present, the status of different combustion and emission control technologies and their suitability for different types of IC engines. Few novel technologies for spark ignition (SI) engines have been also included in this book, which makes this book a complete solution for both kind of engines. This book will be useful for engine researchers, energy experts and students involved in fuels, IC engines, engine instrumentation and environmental research.