Karsten Michels

E-fuels – a central module for future engine design?

The ongoing development of the future spark-ignition internal combustion engine mainly focusses on a more efficient combustion process in combination with a further reduction of pollutant emissions to meet worldwide standards and customer demands. Conceivable measures of engine design are mainly associated with CO2 emissions, costs and the complexity of the measures. A supplement to engine design measures is the use of e-fuels. With e-fuels it is possible to optimize fuel properties for increased engine efficiency and reduced raw emissions across the entire engine map and improve CO2 reduction regarding a ‘well-to-wheel’ system.