Research on effective design of integration of fuel, exhaust aftertreatment, and modern gasoline direct injection engines in electrified vehicles.

主要研究课题是基于电动汽车燃料，排气后处理系统和现代汽油直喷（GDI）发动机操作的有效设计和集成。将评估发动机运行条件（例如贫/富）和燃料（例如汽油、乙醇、丁醇、气体燃料）对污染物排放（数量和特性）以及后处理系统（三元催化剂和/或汽油颗粒过滤器）的影响。对这些影响的理解将指导从制造和热的角度提出有效的车辆操作策略和后处理设计。Repsol是一家世界领先的能源公司，通过各种机制支持这项工作，提供（i）4万英镑的现金捐款（受COVID-19的影响），（ii）燃料表征的人员时间和（iii）技术开发的行业技术指导，确保这些技术与行业保持一致。UoB提供了对项目有用的测试设施（发动机、预定催化剂测试设施、排放分析仪）和模拟工具（Ansys、AVL Boost和AVL Cruise），以执行该项目。

The main research topic is based on the effective design and integration of fuel, exhaust aftertreatment systems and modern gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine operation for electrified vehicles. The effects of the engine operating condition (e.g. lean/rich) and fuel (e.g. gasoline, ethanol, butanol, gaseous fuels) on pollutant emissions (quantity and characteristics) and thus, on the aftertreatment system (three way catalysts and/or gasoline particle filters) will be assessed. The understanding of those effects will guide to propose efficient vehicle operation strategies and aftertreatment designs from the manufacturing and thermal point of view. Repsol which is a world leader energy company supports this work via a variety of mechanisms providing (i) £40k cash contribution (subject to the impact of COVID-19), (ii) personnel time for fuels characterisation and (iii) industrial technical guidance in the development of the technologies ensuring those are well aligned with industry. Test facilities useful for the project (engine, bespoken catalyst testing facilities, emissions analysers) and simulation tools (Ansys, AVL Boost and AVL Cruise) to carry out this project are available at UoB.