Advanced Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Technology

Course Summary
This three-day course discusses the future fuelling options for the current road transport market. Environmental considerations, including air quality concerns open the proceedings. Products types discussed will include conventional fuels, plus bio based alcohols, ethers, bio vegetable oils and their derivatives. Their qualities, specifications, blending performance and suitability will be described. Supply and demand considerations will be covered. Basic engineering demands of the gasoline and diesel powertrains and the quality needs of future fuels will be highlighted. New technologies for "conventional" powertrains and after-treatment systems will also receive attention. Other future fuelling scenarios including electric, solar, hybrid and hydrogen powered vehicles will be discussed.
What you will learn
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The change in emphasis from simply controlling vehicle emissions to improving air quality

Retrospective of the fuel changes that have already taken place or are proposed

The "political" nature of fuel specifications

Fuel characteristics and their influence on emissions

Biofuels - curse or cure?

The challenge of new engine and after-treatment technologies

Alternative powertrains
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Please note : Advanced Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Technology is the natural follow-up to theGasoline and Diesel Fuel Technology(GDT1)course, which introduces the fundamentals of gasoline and diesel fuel technology. This course looks in greater depth at the issues outlined above.

Vehicle Emissions

• An environmentalist's viewpoint
  
• The relationship between air quality and vehicle emissions
  

Emerging Engine Technologies

• CO2 emissions reduction
  
• Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) engines and their derivatives
  
• The potential contribution from fuel quality
  

After-Treatment Technologies
The Worldwide Fuels Charter

• Development
  
• Motor Industry demands
  

Automotive Emissions

• Fuel properties and their influence on emissions
  

Biofuels

• Biofuels for spark ignition and compression ignition engines
  
• Fisher Tropsch fuels
  

Alternative Powertrains and Hydrogen

• Hybrid, electric and solar powered vehicles
  
• Hydrogen as a fuel for internal combustion engines and fuel cells