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Per Tunestål

Per Tunestål

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
52
Citations
8586
World Ranking
3695
National Ranking
29

Overview

Per Tunestål is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and works primarily in the fields of Engineering and Chemical Engineering. Their research focus encompasses several subfields, including Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Computational Mechanics, Automotive Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Control and Systems Engineering.

The scientist's research interests cover diverse topics primarily related to combustion and energy systems. Key topics associated with their work include:

  • Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
  • Combustion and flame dynamics
  • Biodiesel Production and Applications
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Combustion and Detonation Processes
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Chaos control and synchronization

Per Tunestål has contributed to a variety of publication venues, with the most frequent being the SAE Technical Papers on CD-ROM/SAE Technical Paper Series. Other common outlets include IFAC-PapersOnLine, Applied Thermal Engineering, Control Engineering Practice, and the International Journal of Energy Research.

The scientist has co-authored research with several frequent collaborators, notably:

  • Ola Stenlåås
  • Carlo Beatrice
  • Carlos Jorques Moreno
  • Öivind Andersson
  • Gessica Onofrio

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Per Tunestål demonstrate research intensity in combustion and engine technologies:

  • Effect of piston bowl geometry and compression ratio on in-cylinder combustion and engine performance in a gasoline direct-injection compression ignition engine under different injection conditions, 2020, Applied Energy
  • Combustion sensitivity to the nozzle hole size in an active pre-chamber ultra-lean heavy-duty natural gas engine, 2021, Energy
  • Model Predictive Control of an Advanced Multiple Cylinder Engine With Partially Premixed Combustion Concept, 2020, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • A 3D-CFD Methodology for Combustion Modeling in Active Prechamber SI Engines Operating with Natural Gas, 2022, SAE Technical Papers on CD-ROM/SAE Technical Paper Series
  • Partially premixed combustion optimization using double injection strategy in transient operation, 2020, Applied Thermal Engineering

This body of work reflects a concentration on optimizing combustion processes and engine performance through both experimental and modeling approaches. The scientist's contributions involve aspects of engine design, control strategies, and computational fluid dynamics simulations in the context of advanced combustion engines.

Best Publications

  • Closed-Loop Control of an HCCI Engine

    Jan-Ola Olsson;Per Tunestål;Bengt Johansson

  • Partially Premixed Combustion at High Load using Gasoline and Ethanol, a Comparison with Diesel

    Vittorio Manente;Bengt Johansson;Per Tunestal

  • An advanced internal combustion engine concept for low emissions and high efficiency from idle to max load using gasoline partially premixed combustion

    Vittorio Manente;Claes Goeran Zander;Bengt Johansson;Per Tunestal

  • Compression Ratio Influence on Maximum Load of a Natural Gas Fueled HCCI Engine

    Jan-Ola Olsson;Per Tunestål;Bengt Johansson;Scott Fiveland

  • A Turbocharged Dual-Fuel HCCI Engine

    Jan-Ola Olsson;Per Tunestål;Göran Haraldsson;Bengt Johansson

  • Effects of Different Type of Gasoline Fuels on Heavy Duty Partially Premixed Combustion

    Vittorio Manente;Bengt Johansson;Per Tunestal;William Cannella

  • HCCI Combustion Phasing in a Multi Cylinder Engine Using Variable Compression Ratio

    Göran Haraldsson;Jari Hyvönen;Per Tunestål;Bengt Johansson

  • Effects of ethanol and different type of gasoline fuels on partially premixed combustion from low to high load

    Vittorio Manente;Per Tunestal;Bengt Johansson;William J. Cannella

  • Boosting for High Load HCCI

    Jan-Ola Olsson;Per Tunestål;Bengt Johansson

  • Effect of Pre-Chamber Volume and Nozzle Diameter on Pre-Chamber Ignition in Heavy Duty Natural Gas Engines

    Ashish Shah;Per Tunestal;Bengt Johansson

  • The Effect of Cooled EGR on Emissions and Performance of a Turbocharged HCCI Engine

    Jan-Ola Olsson;Per Tunestål;Jonas Ulfvik;Bengt Johansson

  • HCCI Combustion Phasing with Closed-Loop Combustion Control Using Variable Compression Ratio in a Multi Cylinder Engine

    Göran Haraldsson;Per Tunestål;Bengt Johansson;Jari Hyvönen

  • Lean Burn Natural Gas Operation vs. Stoichiometric Operation with EGR and a Three Way Catalyst

    Patrik Einewall;Per Tunestål;Bengt Johansson

  • HCCI Closed-Loop Combustion Control Using Fast Thermal Management

    Göran Haraldsson;Per Tunestål;Bengt Johansson;Jari Hyvönen

  • Hydrogen Addition For Improved Lean Burn Capability of Slow and Fast Burning Natural Gas Combustion Chambers

    Per Tunestål;Magnus Christensen;Patrik Einewall;Tobias Andersson

  • Cycle-to-cycle Control of a Dual-Fuel HCCI Engine

    Petter Strandh;Johan Bengtsson;Rolf Johansson;Per Tunestål

  • Influence of inlet pressure, EGR, combustion phasing, speed and pilot ratio on high load gasoline partially premixed combustion

    Vittorio Manente;Bengt Johansson;Per Tunestal;William J. Cannella

  • Closed‐loop combustion control of homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engine dynamics

    Johan Bengtsson;Petter Strandh;Rolf Johansson;Per Tunestål

  • Performance and emissions of diesel-biodiesel-ethanol blends in a light duty compression ignition engine

    Sam Shamun;Giacomo Belgiorno;Gabriele Di Blasio;Carlo Beatrice

  • Detailed numerical simulation of transient mixing and combustion of premixed methane/air mixtures in a pre-chamber/main-chamber system relevant to internal combustion engines

    Fei Qin;Fei Qin;Ashish Shah;Zhi wei Huang;Li-na Peng;Li-na Peng

  • Control of homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engine dynamics

    J. Bengtsson;F. Strandh;R. Johansson;P. Tunestal

Frequent Co-Authors

Bengt Johansson
Bengt Johansson Technical University of Denmark
Rolf Johansson
Rolf Johansson Lund University
Martin Tuner
Martin Tuner Lund University
Joakim Pagels
Joakim Pagels Lund University
Carlo Beatrice
Carlo Beatrice National Research Council (CNR)
Xue-Song Bai
Xue-Song Bai Lund University
J. Karl Hedrick
J. Karl Hedrick University of California, Berkeley
Thomas Johansson
Thomas Johansson Lund University
Antonio García
Antonio García Universitat Politècnica de València
Javier Monsalve-Serrano
Javier Monsalve-Serrano Universitat Politècnica de València

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