VKA works at research project "ICE 2025+"

At the "ICE 2025+" research project, the Institute for Combustion Engines (VKA) is working together with institutes from Braunschweig, Darmstadt and Stuttgart on improving the efficiency and fuel consumption of gasoline engines. 

In order to comply with CO₂ limits in the future, it is necessary to reduce CO₂ emissions from road traffic. Vehicles with gasoline engines must therefore consume significantly less fuel. The Institute for Combustion Engines (VKA) is working at the research project "ICE 2025+" of the Forschungsvereinigung Verbrennungskraftmaschinen (FVV) together with institutes from Braunschweig, Darmstadt and Stuttgart to improve the efficiency and fuel consumption of gasoline engines. The aim of the project is to increase the current efficiency of around 30% to 50% and to reduce fuel consumption by around a third. VKA is investigating the influence of CO₂-neutral fuels on the engine behavior. Various synthetic fuels will be tested in their pure form and as admixtures in research engines. In addition to assessing the potential of possible fuel alternatives in terms of efficiency and emissions, the results should also help to improve simulation methods for the combustion process. The results of the "ICE 2025+" research project will be available in spring 2020.