State of The Art of Plasmatron Fuel Reformers for Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition Engines

Abstract

Homogeneous combustion combines the main advantages of the gasoline and diesel engines. Unlike conventional internal combustion engines, homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engines don’t have a direct mechanism for starting the combustion, like the spark in gasoline engines and the fuel injection in diesel engines. The paper presents a method for obtaining hydrogen-rich gas onboard the vehicles to control the combustion process in the HCCI engines and to improve the emissions behavior.