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    Systems Approach to the Improvement of Engine Warm-Up Behaviour

    Burke, R / Brace, C / Cox, A et al. | SAGE Publications | 2011
    Modifications to the coolant and oil circuits of a modern production 2.4 l diesel engine have been made in an attempt to promote oil warm ...

    Critical evaluation of on-engine fuel consumption measurement

    Burke, R D / Brace, C J / Hawley, J G | SAGE Publications | 2011
    To enable continued development and facilitate the adoption of new internal combustion engine technologies, the accuracy and repeatability ...

    Oxidative Stability of Biodiesel Fuel

    Bannister, C D / Chuck, C J / Bounds, M et al. | SAGE Publications | 2011
    . One of the major technical issues with the use of biodiesel is its susceptibility to oxidation. Oxidation of biodiesel is a complex process ...

    Review of the systems analysis of interactions between the thermal, lubricant, and combustion processes of diesel engines

    Burke, R D / Brace, C J / Hawley, J G et al. | SAGE Publications | 2010
    A review of technologies surrounding the thermal management system of the modern diesel engine with increased attention on fuel consumption ...

    Factors affecting the decomposition of biodiesel under simulated engine sump oil conditions

    Bannister, C D / Chuck, C J / Hawley, J G et al. | SAGE Publications | 2010
    Biodiesel is a renewable fuel derived from plant, waste, or algal oils. It is synthesized by the transesterification of triglycerides with ...

    The effect of engine and transmission oil viscometrics on vehicle fuel consumption

    Hawley, J G / Bannister, C D / Brace, C J et al. | SAGE Publications | 2010
    An extensive programme of work has been undertaken to assess the potential benefits of modulating the properties of both the engine and the ...

    The impact of biodiesel blend ratio on vehicle performance and emissions

    Bannister, C D / Hawley, J G / Ali, H M et al. | SAGE Publications | 2010
    Biodiesel is synthesized via the transesterification of triglycerides contained within vegetable, animal, or waste oils. First-generation ...

    Computational modelling of convective heat transfer in a simulated engine cooling gallery

    Robinson, K / Wilson, M / Leathard, M J et al. | SAGE Publications | 2007
    Experimental data from internal combustion (IC) engines suggests that the use of proprietary computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes for ...

    Predicting instantaneous exhaust flowrates in a constant volume sampling system

    Bannister, C D / Wallace, F / Hawley, J G et al. | SAGE Publications | 2007
    The constant volume sampling (CVS) method has been used to support vehicle emissions testing for over 25 years and the ‘bag’ measurement of ...

    Analysis of the effect of variations in fuel line pressure in high-speed direct injection diesel engines, with high-pressure common rail fuel injection systems on heat release, cylinder pressure, performance, and NOx emissions

    Wallace, F J / Hawley, J G | SAGE Publications | 2005
    This paper is a further development of work previously reported on a wholly analytical approach to heat release modelling and is applicable ...

    Cylinder head metal temperature control - a proof of concept study

    Brace, C J / Hawley, J G / Vagenas, A et al. | SAGE Publications | 2005
    A proof-of-concept study is reported that demonstrates the potential for cylinder head metal temperature control using liquid jets. Rig ...

    Predicting boiling heat transfer using computational fluid dynamics

    Hawley, J G / Wilson, M / Campbell, N A F et al. | SAGE Publications | 2004
    A study has been undertaken to assess the capability of incorporating different empirical approaches in a computational ftuid dynamics (CFD ...

    An exhaust pressure control strategy for a diesel engine

    Wijetunge, R S / Hawley, J G / Vaughan, N D | SAGE Publications | 2004
    A control method has been developed that uses exhaust manifold pressure measurements to regulate the turbine nozzle vane position on a ...

    Vehicle modal emissions measurement—techniques and issues

    Hawley, J G / Bannister, C D / Brace, C J et al. | SAGE Publications | 2004
    The measurement of vehicle modal emissions is technically challenging owing to the major issue of determining exhaust-gas mass flowrate and ...

    A fully analytical treatment of heat release in diesel engines

    Hawley, J G / Wallace, F J / Khalil-Arya, S | SAGE Publications | 2003
    , the instantaneous fuel mass present in the cylinder charge and the local density of turbulent kinetic energy. Analytical solutions are ...

    Experimental and modelling aspects of flow boiling heat transfer for application to internal combustion engines

    Robinson, K / Hawley, J G / Campbell, N A F | SAGE Publications | 2003
    A detailed programme of work has been undertaken to quantify the suitability of predictive methods for accurate determination of the levels ...

    Convective coolant heat transfer in internal combustion engines

    Robinson, K / Hawley, J G / Hammond, G P et al. | SAGE Publications | 2003
    Simple heat transfer correlations are known to underpredict the single-phase convective heat transfer coefficient when applied to internal ...