Yesterday at the Tokyo Motor Show, Mazda released new info on its highly anticipated compression-ignition Skyactiv-X engine. It's all a bit daunting if you're not an engineer, but helpfully, Mazda put ...

Mazda's powertrain team has brewed up a fancy new engine that, like a diesel, uses compression to activate the combustion process. In a press release on the new tech, Mazda tells us just how ...

Mazda has revealed that it will introduce a new gas engine that uses compression ignition as part of its long-term tech development dubbed "Sustainable Zoom-Zoom 2030." Called Skyactiv-X, the new mill ...

A.Here's a pressure-volume diagram for a combustion engine. Although rough, it is an approximation of the so-called air-standard cycle. '' Point (a) is at atmospheric pressure, after which the air is ...

There is no shortage of people around the world today who seem pretty certain that the days of the internal combustion engine (ICE) as the primary form of propulsion for transportation are effectively ...

Homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engines combine a diesel's torque and fuel efficiency with a gas engine's cleaner emissions. The HCCI technique has been a goal of automakers since the ...

Modern compression ignition engines convert fuel energy into mechanical work by auto-igniting a compressed air–fuel mixture. Accurate modelling of in-cylinder processes is vital for both performance ...

Most pickup trucks sold today have internal combustion engines. Passenger vehicles are powered by two main types of engines: compression, aka diesel, and spark ignition, aka gasoline. Besides the type ...

Nautilus Engineering of Wichita, Kansas, is an engineering R & D consultancy and rapid prototyping organization with close ties to Wichita State, Kansas State, and Kansas State Polytechnic ...

Advanced compression ignition combustion techniques encompass a suite of low-temperature combustion and partially premixed strategies designed to reconcile high thermal efficiency with stringent ...

Mazda has detailed the next-generation of its SkyActiv engine family, which will feature innovative compression ignition technology. While the new SkyActiv engine is still under development, Mazda ...