Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-367). "April 2008." Papers from the sessions SI Combustion and Direct Injection SI Engine Technology held during the SAE 2008 World Congress, April 14-17, 2008 in Detroit, Michigan.

Spray characteristics of a high-pressure swirl injector for DISI engines under high ambient temperature and pressure conditions / Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Tsuneaki Ishima and Tomio Obokata -- Fluid dynamic study of hollow cone sprays / Sudhakar Das -- Development of the combustion system for General Motors' 3.6L DOHC 4V V6 engine with direct injection / Richard S. Davis, Gary D. Mandrusiak and Tilo Landenfeld -- Bosch Motronic MED9.6.1 EMS applied on a 3.6L DOHC 4V V6 direct injection engine / Scott McNeil, Paul Adamovicz and Franz Lieder -- Synergies between high EGR operation and GDi systems / Terry Alger, Thierry Chauvet and Zlatina Dimitrova -- Multi-hole injectors for DISI engines : nozzle hole configuration influence on spray formation / Petter Dahlander and Ronny Lindgren -- LES simulation of the internal flow and near-field spray structure of an outward-opening GDi injector and comparison with imaging data / B. Befrui [and others] -- Project Sabre : a close-spaced direct injection 3-cylinder engine with synergistic technologies to achieve low CO2 output / D. Coltman [and others] -- Potential of the spray-guided combustion system in combination with turbocharging / Oliver Lang [and others] -- A study of gasoline lift-off combustion in a spark ignition engine / Daisuke Tanaka [and others] -- A computational study of flashing flow in fuel injector nozzles / S. Gopalakrishnan and David P. Schmidt -- Analysis of the in-cylinder flow, mixture formation and combustion processes in a spray-guided GDI engine / Sung-Jun Kim, Young-Nam Kim and Je-Hyung Lee -- Investigations on supercharging stratified part load in a spray-guided DI SI engine / A. Kneifel [and others] -- Measurement of vapor pressures and enthalpies of vaporization of gasoline and ethanol blends and their effects on mixture preparation in an SI engine / Kenneth Kar [and others] -- Performance and emissions of a natural gas fueled two-stroke SI engine / A. Gimelli [and others] -- Development of a naturally aspirated spark ignition direct-injection flex-fuel engine / Craig D. Marriott [and others] -- The calculation of mass fraction burn of ethanol-gasoline blended fuels using single and two-zone models / Yeliana [and others] -- Pre-ignition characteristics of ethanol and E85 in a spark ignition engine / L.J. Hamilton [and others] -- Combustion and emission characteristics of CNG fuel inside CVC chamber / Doo Sung Baik [and others] -- Pre versus post compressor supply of cooled EGR for full load fuel economy in turbocharged gasoline engines / Alasdair Cairns, Neil Fraser and Hugh Blaxill -- An evaluation of different combustion strategies for SI engines in a multi-mode combustion engine / Daniel Dahl, Ingemar Denbratt and Lucien Koopmans -- Analysis of different gasoline combustion concepts with focus on gas exchange / Christina Sauer [and others] -- Effect of injection phasing on valves and chamber fuel deposition burning in a PFI boosted spark-ignition engine / S.S. Merola [and others] -- A study of volumetric ignition using high-speed plasma for improving lean combustion performance in internal combustion engines / Taisuke Shiraishi [and others] -- Development of next-generation high ignitability spark plug / Kazumasa Yoshioda, Katsutoshi Nakayama and Takahiro Suzuki -- Development of a novel ignition system using repetitive pulse discharges : ignition characteristics of premixed hydrocarbon-air mixtures / Kimitoshi Tanoue, Eiki Hotta and Yasuo Moriyoshi -- Burn rate and instantaneous heat flux study of iso-octane, toluene and gasoline in a spray-guided direct-injection spark-ignition engine / Xiaowei Wang [and others] -- Multi-cylinder laser and spark ignition in an IC gasoline automotive engine : a comparative study / J.D. Mullett [and others] -- Laminar spherical flame kernel investigation of very rich premixed hydrocarbon-air-mixtures in a closed vessel under microgravity conditions / Sven Jerzembeck and Norbert Peters -- An evaluation of residual gas fraction measurement techniques in a high degree of freedom spark ignition engine / Robert G. Prucka [and others].