The Engine Simulation Team - EST research group is involved, as partner, in the Eagle Project within Horizon 2020, the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020).

The EAGLE project (Efficient Additivated Gasoline Lean Engine) aims at improving the energy efficiency of European road transport vehicles by developing a highly efficient gasoline engine adapted for future electrified powertrains. The maximal efficiency of gasoline engines is usually lower than 40% because of various energy losses. By combining new advanced technologies, the EAGLE project is designing an innovative engine concept to reach a peak efficiency of 50%. This new concept will thus support the European automobile industry to reach the forthcoming CO2 emissions target of 50 g CO2/km while complying with standards in terms of particulates and NOx emissions. The engine efficiency will be significantly increased by the use of advanced insulating coating materials and ultra-lean mixtures (with a high excess air). However, the flame propagation being unstable in lean mixtures, the combustion process will be supported by a high cylinder charge motion, an advanced in-volume ignition system and the use of hydrogen.

Eagle project: https://h2020-eagle.eu/Index.aspx
Horizon 2020: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en