Researcher

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Fax: +39 081 239 60 97
E-mail: a.magno@im.cnr.it

Topics

• Experimental activity on optically accessible and real internal combustion engines.
• Alternative fuels, liquid and gaseous, for internal combustion engines.
• Optical techniques based on flame spectroscopy, two-color pyrometry and digital visualization for diagnostic of injection and combustion processes.
• Study of the main pollutants, gaseous and solid, and the distribution of particles at exhaust of internal combustion engines.

Projects

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Main Scientific Publications

• A. Magno, E. Mancaruso, B.M. Vaglieco. Experimental investigation in an optically accessible diesel engine of a fouled piezoelectric injector. Energy 2014; 64:842-852.
• F. Catapano, S. Di Iorio, A. Magno, P. Sementa, B.M. Vaglieco. A comprehensive analysis of the effect of ethanol, methane and methane-hydrogen blend on the combustion process in a PFI (port fuel injection) engine. Energy 2015; 88: 101-110.
• A. Magno, E. Mancaruso, B.M. Vaglieco. Effects of a biodiesel blend on energy distribution and exhaust emissions of a small CI engine. Energy Conversion and Management 2015; 96: 72-80.
• A. Magno, E. Mancaruso, B.M. Vaglieco. Effects of both blended and pure biodiesel on waste heat recovery potentiality and exhaust emissions of a small C I (compression ignition) engine. Energy 2015; 86:661-671.
• S. Di Iorio, A. Magno, E. Mancaruso, B.M. Vaglieco. Characterization of particle number and mass size distributions from a small compression ignition engine operating in diesel/methane dual fuel mode. Fuel 2016; 180: 612-623.
• A. Magno, E. Mancaruso, B.M. Vaglieco. Analysis of combustion phenomena and pollutant formation in a small compression ignition engine fuelled with blended and pure rapeseed methyl ester. Energy 2016; 106:618-630.
• S. Di Iorio, A. Magno, E. Mancaruso, B.M. Vaglieco. Diesel/methane dual fuel strategy to improve environmental performance of energy power systems. International Journal of Heat and Technology 2016; 34: 581-588.
• S. Di Iorio, A. Magno, E. Mancaruso, B.M. Vaglieco. Analysis of the effects of diesel/methane dual fuel combustion on nitrogen oxides and particle formation through optical investigation in a real engine. Fuel Processing Technology 2017; 159: 200-210.
• G. Chiatti, O. Chiavola, E. Recco, A. Magno, E. Mancaruso, B.M. Vaglieco. Accelerometer measurement for MFB evaluation in multi-cylinder diesel engine. Energy 2017; 133: 843-850.
• M. Sirignano, M. Conturso, A. Magno, S. Di Iorio, E. Mancaruso, B.M. Vaglieco. Evidence of sub-10 nm particles emitted from a small-size diesel engine. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 2018; 95:60-64.