FKFS Events

2026 Stuttgart International Symposium
on Automotive and Engine Technology

8 - 9 July 2026

Session: IC-Engine | | 09:30 - 10:00

Effect of Gasoline Component on Fuel Economy of WLTC Drive with EGR and Lean Combustion

Yasuo Moriyoshi, Chiba Univ.

It is becoming increasingly clear that research into alternative fuels, including drop-in fuels, is essential for the continued survival of the internal combustion engine. In this study, the authors have evaluated olefinic and oxygenated fuels as drop-in fuels using a single-cylinder engine and considering fuel characteristic parameters. The authors have assessed thermal efficiency by adding the EGR or air from 0 to the maximum value that allows stable combustion. Next, we attempted to predict fuel efficiency for four types of passenger cars (Japanese small K-car N/A, K-car T/C, Series-HV, and Power-split-HV) by changing the fuels. We created a model in OpenModelica to estimate fuel efficiency during WLTC driving. The results indicated that fuel economy could potentially be improved by adding an olefin fuel that burns stably even with a large amount of EGR or air and an oxygen fuel whose octane number increases. It was observed that the fuel economy improvement rate was particularly notable for Series-Hybrid Vehicle (HV) with operating under specific load and engine speed conditions.