International Automotive Conference (KONMOT2018)

Abstract

Preface: Scientific Conference on Automotive Vehicles and Combustion Engines KONMOT 2018, 13-14 September 2018, Cracow, PolandContemporary world requires ecological solutions in motorization area, low energy consumption, safety and easy exploitation. The role of engineers and scientists is the realization and managing of the designing and exploitation processes within that area. The growing exploitation and ecological demands set successive challenges for constructors and scientists in the area of automobiles, powertrains and exploitation. Particularly essential is finding solutions decreasing fuel consumption and emission of the exhaust gases harmful components as well as application of the alternative powertrains such as hybrid and electric. The cyclical motorization conference KONMOT since 1976 is a place of meeting of outstanding scientists and engineers from country and abroad, raising contemporary problems of motorization with the possibility of publishing results on the international area. In 2018 automotive conference KONMOT organized celebrated the 42nd anniversary.It was organized by the Institute of Automobiles and Internal Combustion Engines in Cracow University of Technology (CUT). The first conference was held in Kroscienko-Szczawnica on 20-23 September 1976. The motto, that guided the deliberations, was “Progress in Research of Motor Vehicle.” The conference was a nationwide and attended by many representatives of technical universities, research and development centres and plants related to the automotive industry. In the years 2000, 2004 and 2008, a conference was called KONMOT-AUTOPROGRES, the main organizer was the Cracow University of Technology. In 2002 and 2006 the main organizer of the conference was Automotive Industry Institute in Warsaw and the conference was called AUTOPROGRES-KONMOT. Papers presented on every two years conference KONMOT were published in the journal issued by the Polish Academy of Sciences “Portfolio of Science and the Problem Committee on Motorization” or published by the Technical Journal issued by CUT, as well as in the form of monographs. Some of the conferences were dedicated to the jubilee of work of outstanding scientific specialists in automotive area. Apart from the official agenda for the conference the gala dinners were organized for all participants, often headline performances by famous artists were important point of such meetings. The penultimate conference KONMOT was held on 22-23 September 2016 in Cracow under the slogan “Development of vehicles - construction, operation, ecology and safety.” The organized scientific conference KONMOT-2018 as in previous years, provided an excellent opportunity to showcase of achievements of researchers and scientists and exchange of experience for a wide range of activity in research and development centres, industrial areas and universities.