13 December 2024, Loughborough University

10:30               Arrivals and Coffee

11:00               Welcome to Loughborough and UnICE3G Business: 1) Matters Arising, 2) Officers’ Report, 3) Any Other Business

Technical Presentations - Session 1

11:15               “Combustion and Emissions Comparison between a Diesel and a Dimethyl Ether (DME) Off-Highway Compression Ignition Engine”

Christos Apostolou, Daniel Butcher, Edward Long, Adrian Spencer, Loughborough University; Thomas Elliott, John Rutledge, Perkins Engines Co., Ltd.

11:45               Understanding how low blend ratios of SME biodiesel changes the toxicity of exhaust particulates and impacts human health

Emma Hailwood, Paul Hellier, Nicos Ladommatos, University College London; Martin Leonard, UK Health Security Agency

12:15               Effect of Exhaust Gas Components on Oxygen Storage Capacity Measurements of Automotive Catalysts”

Liam McGrane, Roy Douglas and Kurtis Irwin, Catagen

12:45               “Comparison of Evaporation Model Performance for Simulation of Ammonia Sprays”

                        Daniel Bundred, Felix Leach, University of Oxford

13:15               Lunch - Stewart Miller Atrium in Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering

Technical Presentations - Session 2

14:15               Experimental Study of Abnormal Combustion Behaviour in a Pure Hydrogen Spark-Ignition Engine”

Mohamed Ali Mohamed, Milad Mirshahi, Xinyan Wang, Hua Zhao, Brunel University London; Anthony Harrington, Jonathan Hall, Mahle Powertrain; Mark Peckham, Cambustion

14:45               In-cylinder sampling analysis of the combustion of drop-in biofuels in a diesel engine”

Yanlin Han, Paul Hellier, Nicos Ladommatos, and Alessandro Schönborn, University College London

15:15               “EGR Cooler Fouling Modelling”

Ed Winward, Mark Cary, Zhijia Yang, Loughborough University

15:45               Tours of Loughborough Labs