Decreasing Fuel Consumption and Exhaust Gas Emissions in Transportation: Sensing, Control and Reduction of Emissions (Hardcover, 2013)

From the Contents: Statistics of road vehicles.- Development state of the art and vehicle technology.- Improvement of technology in road vehicles.- Propulsion system.- Combustion engines.- Spark ignition engines.- Self ignition engines.- Diesel engines for light commercial vehicles.- Future direction of development.- Vehicle electrical equipment and vehicle electronics.- OBD in vehicles with spark ignition engine.- OBD in vehicles with self ignition engine.- Characteristic properties of fuels.- Determination of fuel consumption in vehicles.- Emissions analysers.- Quality control of vehicles.- Introduction of new fuels.- Improvements in the traffic organization.- Changes in the urban environment.- Education of Eco-driving.- Role of the road vehicle industry for the social conditions in the society.- Air transport.- Statistics of airplanes.- Airframe weight reduction.- Aerodynamics in airplanes.- Propulsion system.- Certification in air traffic.- Maintenance of airplanes.- Safety and responsibility by fuel planning in the aviation.- Navigations.- Alternative fuels to kerosene.- Reduction of the climate efficiency of the air traffic.- Emissions from jet engines near airports.- Decreasing of costs.