inter-Tech Energy Progress, Inc. (iTEP) delivers Japan's latest engine-related technology development in cost-effective reports for all levels of professionals and students in areas of engine, fuel, lubrication, and vehicle research, development, and design and environmental study.

Topics include combustion, emissions, tribology, conventional and alternative fuels, alternative powerplants (EV, HEV, FCEV, gas turbine, etc.), transportation, and more.

Since 1994, iTEP has published, in cooperation with the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan Inc. (JSAE), Engine Technology Progress In Japan (ETPJ) every quarter in three technical areas:

iTEP obtains the latest technical papers published only in Japan at technical conferences held by JSAE and the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) and in journals by various organizations including JSAE and JSME.  iTEP selects useful subjects, analyzes and summarizes content, and often includes additional information for increased clarity.

 

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Updates:  

  • The ETPJ Online Digest (Member Only) was updated in May 2008.  Click here to go to the page.

  • Individual ETPJ Chapters' short summaries were updated in February 2008 as listed below.

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     ETPJ No.     Chapter Title   (Click on the number to see a short summary)

12008011

ARGON-HYDROGEN ENGINE DEVELOPED FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY

12008012

RESEARCH INTO COMPRESSION-IGNITION COMBUSTION OF DIRECT INJECTED HYDROGEN

12008013

SPLIT INJECTION TO BETTER CONTROL MIXTURE FORMATION IN A DI HYDROGEN ENGINE

12008014

COMBUSTION IN A HIGHLY BOOSTED BIODIESEL-FUELED ENGINE WITH HIGH EGR

12008015

CARBON DEPOSIT CHARACTERISTICS IN DIESEL ENGINE OPERATION ON RME BLENDS

12008016

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LOCATION OF COMBUSTION KNOCK AND MIXTURE DISTRIBUTION IN A LARGE NATURAL GAS ENGINE

12008017

A DME-FUELED 1,250-KW DIESEL ENGINE FOR ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION

12007101

EXHAUST HEAT RECIRCULATION DEVELOPED FOR BETTER FUEL ECONOMY OF HEV

12007102

A TURBOCHARGED-NATURAL GAS ENGINE OPERATING ON PCI COMBUSTION

12007103

PCI COMBUSTION IN A MULTI-CYLINDER NATURAL GAS ENGINE WITH SPARK IGNITION

12007104

REFORMULATION OF BIODIESEL FUEL FOR IMPROVED OXIDATION STABILITY

12007105

INVESTIGATION INTO DETERIORATION OF BIODIESEL FUEL THROUGH LABORATORY TESTS

12007106

IMPROVEMENT OF DME ENGINE PERFORMANCE AND EMISSIONS WITH PILOT INJECTION AND EGR

12007107

LUBRICANT ADDITIVES FOR DME TO IMPROVE WEAR AND LEAKAGE CHARACTERISTICS

 
22008011

ANALYSIS OF OIL FLOW THROUGH A RING PACK

22008012

OIL FILM PRESSURE AT THE PISTON PIN BOSS MEASURED IN AN OPERATING DIESEL ENGINE  

  22008013

DIRECT HEAT LOSS IN DIESEL CYLINDER WALL ANALYZED WITH MEASURED INSTANTANEOUS SURFACE TEMPERATURES

22008014

INVESTIGATION OF FUEL PROPERTY EFFECTS ON PARTICULATE THROUGH A SIMPLIFIED RESEARCH PROCESS

  22008015

PCI COMBUSTION WITH HIGH EGR INVESTIGATED FOR THE EFFECT OF CETANE NUMBER

22008016

POTENTIAL FOR FURTHER REDUCED EMISSIONS WITH A LOW-PRESSURE LOOP EGR SYSTEM

22008017

IMPROVEMENT OF FUEL ECONOMY WITH A HIGH COMPRESSION RATIO FOR A LOW-EMISSION DIESEL ENGINE

 
22007101

DESIGN EFFECTS ON ENGINE PERFORMANCE AND EMISSIONS IN A HIGHLY BOOSTED DIESEL ENGINE WITH HIGH EGR

22007102

CHARACTERIZATION OF A HINO MULTI-CYLINDER DIESEL ENGINE OPERATED ON PCI AND CONVENTIONAL DIESEL    COMBUSTION

  22007103

A METHOD TO DETECT START OF COMBUSTION IN A MULTI-CYLINDER DIESEL ENGINE OPERATING ON PCI COMBUSTION

22007104

CHARACTERIZATION OF ION CURRENT IN PCI COMBUSTION OF TWO DIFFERENT FUELS

  22007105

MEASUREMENT OF DROPLETS IN A HIGHLY DENSE SPRAY INJECTED BY A COMMON-RAIL FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM

22007106

OBSERVATION OF OIL FILM PRESSURE ON A MAIN BEARING THROUGH MEASUREMENTS

22007107

OIL CONSUMPTION INCREASE DUE TO OIL SCRAPED BY A TOP RING IN A DIESEL ENGINE

32008011

EXHAUST HEAT RECOVERY IN A SI ENGINE VIA COMBUSTION CONTROL

32008012

HIGH-SPEED PLASMA DEVELOPED FOR FAST AND STABLE LEAN-BURN COMBUSTION

  32008013

INVESTIGATION INTO COMBUSTION DURING TRANSITION BETWEEN SI AND PCI COMBUSTION MODES

32008014

STRATIFIED-CHARGE AUTO-IGNITION COMBUSTION IN A TWO-STROKE ENGINE

  32008015

A METHOD TO PREDICT THE AERATION RATE IN ENGINE LUBRICATING OIL

32008016

INVESTIGATION INTO PISTON-INDUCED NOISE WITH MEASURED OIL FILM PRESSURE ON PISTON SKIRT

32008017    MULTI-POINT PISTON TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS IN A RACE ENGINE
 
32007101

A METHOD FOR SMOOTH TRANSITION FROM SI COMBUSTION TO PCI COMBUSTION

32007102

HEAT FLUX AND COOLING LOSS A DI GASOLINE ENGINE OPERATING ON HOMOGENEOUS- AND STRATIFIED-CHARGE MIXTURES

  32007103

DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF EMISSIONS IN RAW EXHAUST GAS VIA DIODE-LASER ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY LASER-INDUCED PHOSPHORESCENCE THERMOGRAPHY

32007104

OPTIMIZATION OF PISTON DESIGN PARAMETERS FOR LOW NOISE AND LOW FRICTION

  32007105

A METHOD TO PREDICT PISTON SLAP-INDUCED NOISE

32007106

MULTI-CHANNEL TELEMETRY DEVELOPED FOR IN-CYLINDER MEASUREMENTS AT HIGH SPEED

32007107    TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPED FOR NISSAN’S LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH-POWER VQ35HR ENGINE

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