Self-Ignition Processes in SI Engines -- Evaluation of the Knock Rate for Gaseous Mixtures and Liquid Fuels -- Investigations of Atypical Knocking Combustion Phenomena -- Motor Methane Number and Octane Number Correlations.

Marcel Eberbach provides insight into the investigations of the knocking behavior of methane-based fuels and compares them with the knocking behavior of very high knock resistant liquid fuels during engine combustion. With pressure-based knock detection algorithms and thermodynamic evaluation, the atypical knocking combustion phenomena are evaluated with respect to the abnormalities on the heat release curve. Based on the investigated fuels an engine specific relation between the fuel index numbers (RON and MN) and the actual knock resistance of the fuels by means of the motor methane number was established and applied to the investigated gaseous and liquid fuels during knocking combustion. Contents Self-Ignition Processes in SI Engines Evaluation of the Knock Rate for Gaseous Mixtures and Liquid Fuels Investigations of Atypical Knocking Combustion Phenomena Motor Methane Number and Octane Number Correlations Target Groups Researchers and students of automotive engineering, especially engine technology Research and development engineers in this field The Author Marcel Eberbach has a doctorate in automotive engineering from the Institute of Automotive Engineering Stuttgart (IFS) at the University of Stuttgart. Now he is self-employed entrepreneur.