16th Conference “The Working Process of the Internal Combustion Engine”

The conference deals with internal engine processes and their effects on fuel consumption, emissions and noise as well as with related measurement technology for small engines, passenger car engines, heavy-duty engines and large engines. A separate parallel session is devoted to the area of large engines including presentations from Caterpillar, GE, Liebherr, MAN Diesel & Turbo, ABB, Turbo Systems, HOERBIGER, Kistler, AVL, Ricardo, FEV and many more.

Topics:

Optimization of combustion processes in terms of efficiency, emissions and performance
Alternative fuels
Mixture formation, combustion and emissions
Charging
Simulation and measurement technology
Model-based control
On-board sensors and monitoring systems
Exhaust heat recuperation
Exhaust gas aftertreatment
Electrification of IC engines and its consequences

Registration:

Registration forms and the conference program are avaiblable online.

Exhibition:

An exhibition with engines, test bench and measuring equipment, and computer simulation programs will be set up. More infos: www.ivt.tugraz.at/conference2017

Conference Directors:

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Helmut Eichlseder and Ao.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Wimmer

The conference is organized by the Large Engines Competence Center LEC and the Institute of Internal Combustion Engines and Thermodynamics at the Technical University in Graz.

Review on the past conference:

290 experts and participants from 12 countries spent two days discussing current trends in engine research. The guests from Europe, Japan, China, Brazil and the USA accepted the invitation of the Large Engines Competence Center (LEC) and the Institute of Internal Combustion Engines and Thermodynamics (IVT) to the 16th conference “The Working Process of the Internal Combustion Engine.” The international conference was dedicated to Prof. Rudolf Pischinger to celebrate his 80th birthday. He organized the first conference in 1987 to celebrate the 80th birthday of Prof. Anton Pischinger.

44 technical presentations were made on topics ranging from high performance power units for motorcycles to passenger cars and trucks to large engines for ships and power generation. Lectures, exhibitions and networking events encouraged intensive technical discussions. The subjects of interest included challenging targets such as diesel and SI engines with extremely low emissions, IC engines with hybrid powertrains, further increases in efficiency for all engines and related technologies such as efficient waste heat recovery as well as concepts for alternative fuels.

The participants and lecturers came from the business world, academia and the public sector. High level representatives of leading vehicle and engine manufacturers, engineering companies and institutes of technical universities in the German speaking world participated and discussed new concepts and findings for the internal combustion engines of tomorrow.

More Information is available at ivt.tugraz.at.

Impressions of the last conference:

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