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Engine downsizing is considered a strategic idea in fuel economy enhancement as well as  reduction. It is defined in the literature as the decrease in engine geometrical dimensions besides its performance being fixed. In this research, the Iranian gasoline-fueled national engine, EF7, has been investigated for 25% downsizing. After introducing the gasoline-fueled and CNG-fueled versions of downsized engines, their performance, besides  release rates are studied in detail. A one-dimensional engine simulator coupled with a 3D-CFD model is developed to carry out such an investigation, an experimental test setup is provided to evaluate the accuracy of the provided numerical model, as well. The first version of presented downsized engines, called EF7, is a 3-cylinder engine with the same geometrical characteristics as the base engine, which is equipped with a turbo-charger and dual CVVT technologies. The EF7 is then introduced by fuel shifting to CNG as the second version of downsized engines, and finally, increasing the compression ratio, the EF7 is presented as the third version of studied-downsized engines. The results show almost the same rate of BSFC besides a 3.4% reduction in  concentration for EF7, 20.6% fuel economy enhancement, besides 20.8% reduction in the specific  release rate for EF7, and 28.8% fuel economy enhancement, besides 25.3% reduction in the specific  release rate for EF7 in comparison with the base engine.

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Engine Downsizing Engine Performance Fuel Consumption CO_2 EF7

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Namar, M. M., Jahanian, O., Nikzadfar, K., & Shafaghat, R. (2024). The comparative performance study of the EF7 downsized engines; fuel economy besides CO2 reduction. Future Technology, 3(3), 20–32. Retrieved from https://fupubco.com/futech/article/view/179
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