Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicle Technologies for Improved Environmental Performance

Richard Folkson is Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor for Innovation and Design and Deputy President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Professor Steve Sapsford BSc (Hons), CEng FIMechE is a former director at Ricardo and is currently the chair of the Powertrain Systems and Fuels Group at the IMechE. He is an expert in the field of vehicle propulsions systems with special interest in life-cycle analysis and sustainable fuels. Steve is a Visiting Professor at the University of Cardiff and an Industrial Advisor at the University of Nottingham.

• 1. Introduction2.  The role of alternative and renewable liquid fuels in environmentally sustainable transport of internal combustion engines: key challenges and blending technologies3. Using alternative and renewable liquid fuels to improve the environmental performance of internal combustion engines: key challenges and blending technologies4. Alternative and renewable gaseous fuels to improve vehicle environmental performance5. Electricity as energy vectors for transportation vehicles6. Hydrogen as an energy vector for transportation 7. Advanced engine oils to improve performance of modern internal combustion engines8. Advanced fuel additives for modern internal combustion engines9. Internal combustion engine cycles and concepts10. Heavy-duty vehicles and powertrains: Technologies and systems that enable 'zero' air quality and greenhouse gas emissions with enhanced levels of efficiency11. Heavy duty vehicles and powertrains: Future internal combustion engine systems and technologies12. Conventional and Advanced internal combustion engine materials13. Advanced transmission technologies to improve vehicle performance14. Sustainable design and manufacture of lightweight vehicle structures15. Improved vehicle rolling resistance and aerodynamics16. Mechanical and electrical flywheel hybrid technology to store energy in vehicles17. Hydraulic and pneumatic hybrid powertrains for improved fuel economy in vehicles 18. Integration and performance of regenerative braking and energy recovery technologies in vehicles19. Battery technology for CO2 reduction20. Lithium-ion Cells, Batteries and Other Emerging Storage Technologies 21. Conventional fuel / hybrid electric vehicles22. Pure electric vehicles23. Fuel- cell (hydrogen) electric hybrid vehicles24. Autonomous vehicles / Self-driving cars / Intelligent Transport Systems and their role in reducing fuel consumption and vehicle emissions