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Partners to develop engine based on homogeneous charge compression ignition principle

DIESEL engine manufacturer Caterpillar is leading a project to develop a practical engine based on the homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) principle.

Caterpillar is working with technology and product developer Cambridge Consultants and City, Loughborough and Sussex universities on the programme, which has been given a grant of £1.5 million by the Department of Trade and Industry.

Diesel engines - used in trucks, buses and other large vehicles - are said to contribute around a quarter of the CO2 emissions generated by road transport in the UK.

In conventional diesel engines, combustion takes ...

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