The book includes the papers presented at the conference discussing approaches to prevent or reliably control knocking and other irregular combustion events. The majority of today’s highly efficient gasoline engines utilize downsizing. High mean pressures produce increased knocking, which frequently results in a reduction in the compression ratio at high specific powers. Beyond this, the phenomenon of pre-ignition has been linked to the rise in specific power in gasoline engines for many years. Charge-diluted concepts with high compression cause extreme knocking, potentially leading to catastrophic failure. The introduction of RDE legislation this year will further grow the requirements for combustion process development, as residual gas scavenging and enrichment to improve the knock limit will be legally restricted despite no relaxation of the need to reach the main center of heat release as early as possible. New solutions in thermodynamics and control engineering are urgently needed to further increase the efficiency of gasoline engines.

The matters discussed and presented in the chapters of this book cover a wide spectrum of topics and research methods commonly used in the field of engine combustion technology and vehicle functional systems. This book contains the results of both computational analyses and experimental studies on jet and reciprocating combustion engines as well heavy-duty onroad vehicles. Special attention is devoted to research and measures toward preventing the emission of harmful exhaust components, reducing fuel consumption or using unconventional methods of engine fueling or using renewable and alternative fuels in different applications. Some technical improvements in design and control of vehicle systems are also presented.

The European Commission is planning to limit emissions under real driving conditions up to high engine loads. RDE (real driving emissions) legislation demands the complete conversion of exhaust gases in the catalytic converter which can only be achieved for spark-ignition engines at lambda=1. High exhaust gas temperatures resulting from late centers of heat release caused by knock can then no longer be limited by mixture enrichment. In addition, higher mean effective pressures are needed to improve the efficiency of SI engines. A strong tendency to knock during stoichiometric combustion in conjunction with high mean effective pressure places exacting demands on the SI engine combustion process. The focus of engine development consequently remains on reducing knock and on avoiding irregular combustion events. In particular, phenomena such as pre-ignition, which is typically observed in downsizing concepts, or extreme knock of the type frequently occurring in highcompression lean-burn concepts, are immense challenges to developers. Contents: Potentials and limits of downsizing | Mega-knock in super-charged gasoline engines interpreted as a localized developing detonation | A contribution to better understanding the pre-ignition phenomenon in highly charged internal combustion engines with direct fuel injection | Minimising autoignition for optimum efficiency in high specific output spark-ignited engines | Reduction in knocking intensity of an SI engine by in-cylinder temperature stratification | New approach to the determination of knock onset | Cylinder pressure-based knock detection – challenges in cylinder pressure indication and application in a new engine-based fuel test method | Irregular combustion: development and calibration of highly boosted SI engines | Optically diagnosing combustion anomalies as part of designing the combustion process | Using surface thermocouples and light conductor measurements to examine the thermal load on a gasoline engine’s components during knocking engine operation | Comparative analysis of low-speed pre-ignition phenomena in SI gasoline and dual fuel diesel-methane engines | LEC-GPN – a new Index for assessing the knock behavior of gaseous fuels for large engines | A statistical modeling approach with detailed chemical kinetics for use in 3DCFD engine knock predictions | Investigation on knocking combustion with reaction kinetics for a turbocharged SIDI engine | Knocking simulation at Mercedes-Benz – application in series production development | The DELTA knocking control – the necessary paradigm shift for engines with high power density | Artificial Intelligence for knock detection | Knock detection strategies based on engine acoustic emission analysis | Continental’s pre-ignition and glow ignition function – detection and avoidance of irregular combustions | Pre-ignition analysis on a turbocharged gasoline engine with direct injection | Knock and irregular combustion – challenges for the new turbocharged, highperformance four-cylinder AMG engine | Simulations and experimental investigations of intermittent pre-ignition series in a turbocharged DISI engine Target group: This book addresses engine developers working for car manufacturers and suppliers. With regard to knocking combustion in spark-ignition engines – irregular combustion – it provides an overview of thermodynamic principals, approaches to measurement and computation together with current trends for mass-production development.