Antonio Paolo Carlucci

University of Salento

A. Paolo Carlucci, PhD, is Associate Professor of Fluid Machinery, Energy Systems and Power Generation at University of Salento (Italy). He is currently responsible of “Internal Combustion Engines” laboratories, active in conventional and alternative ignition and combustion analysis in internal combustion engines fed with liquid and gaseous alternative fuels. A. Paolo Carlucci took part to different national and international research projects mainly on the following subjects: alternative fuels and alternative combustion in internal combustion engines, diesel engine and powertrain architectures for aircraft propulsion, distributed cogeneration based on internal combustion engines, alternative ignition strategies for air/gaseous fuel mixtures based on carbon nanotubes. A. Paolo Carlucci coauthored 2 book chapters, more than 30 journal papers and 60 contributions in proceedings of international and national conferences.

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Based on previsions, the reciprocating internal combustion engine will continue to be widely used in all sectors: transport, industry, and energy production. Therefore, its development, while complying with the limitations of pollutants as well as CO2 emission levels and maintaining or increasing performance, will certainly continue for the next few decades.In the last three decades, a significant effort has been made to reduce pollutant emission levels. More recently, attention has been given to CO2 emission levels too.It is widely recognized that one single technology will not completely solve the problem of CO2 emissions in the atmosphere. Rather, the different technologies already available will have to be integrated, and new technologies developed, to obtain substantial CO2 abatement.

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The Future of Internal Combustion Engines

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Potential Application of Photo-thermal Volumetric Ignition of Carbon Nanotubes in Internal Combustion Engines

By Antonio Paolo Carlucci, Bruce Chehroudi, Antonio Ficarella, Domenico Laforgia and Luciano Strafella

In internal combustion engines, an ignition source is required to initiate the combustion process. This is commonly obtained either through an electric spark generation or by physical act of compression-ignition. In order to improve performance and lower pollutants levels, researchers have proposed alternatives to conventional ignition or combustion processes, such as homogeneously-charge compression-ignition (HCCI) combustion, whose critical operational requirement is precise control of the autoignition timing within the engine operating cycle. In this work, an innovative volumetrically-distributed ignition approach is proposed to control the onset of the autoignition process, by taking advantage of the optical ignition properties of carbon nanotubes when exposed to a low-consumption light source. It is shown that this ignition method enhanced the combustion of methane, hydrogen, LPG, and gasoline (injected to chamber in liquid phase). The results for this new ignition method show that pressure gradient and combustion efficiency are increased, while combustion duration and ignition delay time are decreased. A direct observation of the combustion process indicates that these benefits are due to the spatially-distributed ignition followed by a faster initial consumption of the air/fuel mixture. The use of this ignition system is therefore proposed as a promising technology for the combustion management in internal combustion engines, specifically for the HCCI engines.

Part of the book: Carbon Nanotubes

Introductory Chapter: The Challenges of Future Internal Combustion Engines

By Antonio Paolo Carlucci

Part of the book: The Future of Internal Combustion Engines

Antonio Paolo Carlucci

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The Future of Internal Combustion Engines

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