Powertrain Systems for a Sustainable Future 2025

With over 120,000 members in 140 countries, working across industries such as railways, automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, energy, biomedical and construction, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) is an independent professional association and learned society headquartered in London, United Kingdom, that represents mechanical engineers and the engineering profession.

• Session 1: Industry Landscape Fleet-Wide Decarbonization Insights: Mass, Powertrain Configuration, and Real-World Utility Factor Impacts on CO₂ Emissions Technical potential analysis for the production of sustainable biogenic gasoline in Europe Session 2: Powertrain Fundamentals The effects of fuel selection in SI engines with implications for friction and lubrication Modelling and analysis of pre-chamber turbulent jet ignition in a motorcycle PFI IC engine for enhanced performance and efficiency The influence of intake runners with different curved directions on the working process of elliptical rotor Comparative Analysis of Low-Pressure Injection Dynamics Across Alternative Gaseous Fuels Multiphase 3D CFD Simulation of the Lubrication System of an ICE Automatic Transmission Session 3: Sustainable fuels - Ammonia Impact of ammonia-diesel dual fuel energy fraction on engine performance, combustion and emission of a heavy-duty diesel engine at various loads A Feasibility Study of Ammonia Cracking for a Hydrogen-Assisted Lean-Burn Spark-Ignition Ammonia Engine Hydrogen-assisted pre-chamber jet ignition for lean ammonia combustion in marine engines Session 4: Powertrain Architectures Development of a CEN E20 petrol specification for Europe Development of a Highly Efficient Range Extender Engine for Mass Market Light-duty Vehicles Session 5: H2 ICE Dedicated SI Combustion Systems for the Heavy-Duty Hydrogen Engine Evolution of power density and thermal efficiency with next-generation H2 ICE‘s Optimisation of Pre-Chamber Geometry for Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engines in heavy duty applications: A Pathway to Enhance Lean-Burn Performance Session 6: H2 Systems Model-Based Performance Analysis of H2-SCR Aftertreatment Systems for Cold-Start Operations in Heavy-Duty Hydrogen-Fueled Vehicles Promoting Fuel Cell Durability and Efficiency Through Air Management System Optimization in Heavy Duty Applications Numerical Study of Fuel Injection and Mixing Characteristics of Different Hydrogen Direct Fuel Injectors in a Constant Volume Chamber Assessment of NOx OBD Functions for Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engines: A Comparative Study on SCR Efficiency Monitoring Session 7: Sustainable Alcohol Fuels The role of ethanol and other advanced biofuels as an enabler for efficient ICE technology Experimental Study of Lean Burn Methanol-Hydrogen Co-fuelling in a Spark Ignition Engine Performance Evaluation of Hydrogen Pre-Chamber Combustion in a Heavy-Duty Engine Fueled with Methanol Session 8: Calibration & Control Measures Unlocking the full potential of SDVs through data driven calibration optimisation over vehicle life Research on Transient Performance Prediction of Diesel Engine Based on CNN-LSTM and Genetic Algorithm