Low temperature premixed combustion within a small bore high speed direct injection (HSDI) optically accessible diesel engine using a retarded single injection |
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Authors: | T Fang R E Coverdill C -F F Lee R A White |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, 27695 3182 Broughton Hall-Campus Box 7910, 2601 Stinson Drive, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA;(2) Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1206 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, USA |
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Abstract: | An optically accessible single-cylinder high speed direct-injection (HSDI) Diesel engine equipped with a Bosch common rail
injection system was used to study low temperature Modulated Kinetics (MK) combustion with a retarded single main injection.
High-speed liquid fuel Mie-scattering was employed to investigate the liquid distribution and evolution. By carefully setting
up the optics, three-dimensional images of fuel spray were obtained from both the bottom of the piston and the side window.
The NOx emissions were measured in the exhaust pipe. The influence of injection pressure and injection timing on liquid fuel
evolution and combustion characteristics was studied under similar fuel quantities. Interesting spray development was seen
from the side window images. Liquid impingement was found for all of the cases due to the small diameter of the piston bowl.
The liquid fuel tip hits the bowl wall obliquely and spreads as a wall jet in the radial direction of the spray. Due to the
bowl geometry, the fuel film moves back into the central part of the bowl, which enhances the air-fuel mixing process and
prepares a more homogeneous air-fuel mixture. Stronger impingement was seen for high injection pressures. Injection timing
had little effect on fuel impingement. No liquid fuel was seen before ignition, indicating premixed combustion for all the
cases. High-speed combustion video was taken using the same frame rate. Ignition was seen to occur on or near the bowl wall
in the vicinity of the spray tip, with the ignition delay being noticeably longer for lower injection pressure and later injection
timing. The majority of the flame was confined to the bowl region throughout the combustion event. A more homogeneous and
weaker flame was observed for higher injection pressures and later injection timing. The combustion structure also proves
the mixing enhancement effect of the liquid fuel impingement. The results show that ultra-low sooting combustion is feasible
in an HSDI diesel engine with a higher injection pressure, a higher EGR rate, or later injection timing, with little penalty
on power output. It was also found that injection timing has more influence on HCCI-like combustion using a single main injection
than the other two factors studied. Compared with the base cases, simultaneous reductions of soot and NOx were obtained by
increasing EGR rate and retarding injection timing. By increasing injection pressure, NOx emissions were increased due to
leaner and faster combustion with better air-fuel mixing. However, smoke emissions were significantly reduced with increased
injection pressure. |
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Keywords: | HSDI diesel engine MK combustion HCCI combustion |
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