Analysis of ignition delay period of a dual fuel diesel engine with hydrogen and LPG as secondary fuels

In this study, experiments were performed on 4 cylinder turbocharged, intercooled with 62.5 kW gen-set diesel engine by using hydrogen, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and mixture of LPG and hydrogen as secondary fuels. The experiments were performed to measure ignition delay period at different load conditions and various diesel substitutions. The experimental results have been compared with ignition delay correlation laid down by other researchers for diesel and dual fuel diesel engine. It is found that ignition delay equation based on pressure, temperature and oxygen concentration for a dual fuel diesel engine run on diesel-biogas gives variation up to 6.56% and 14.6% from the present experimental results, while ignition delay equation for a pure diesel engine gives 7.55% and 33.3% variation at lower and higher gaseous fuel concentrations, respectively. It is observed that the ignition delay of dual fuel engine depends not only on the type of gaseous fuels and their concentrations but also on charge temperature, pressure and oxygen concentration.     

富氧进气与水乳化柴油的掺烧试验及数值模拟

在直喷柴油机上采用体积分数21％、22％、23％和24％的进气增氧技术,燃用纯柴油与30％水乳化柴油进行燃烧及排放试验.采用CFD软件与正庚烷简化模型耦合进行数值模拟.试验结果表明,燃用纯柴油时,随进气氧体积分数的增加,燃烧始点提前;在使用30％水乳化柴油时,着火延迟加大,但其依然遵循随掺入的氧体积分数增大着火时刻提前的规律,NO和烟度的排放低于燃用纯柴油的情况.模拟计算显示:CFD与动力学模型的耦合可以较为准确地预测富氧燃烧的缸内着火时刻及燃烧状况.分析上止点后2° CA时刻燃烧室温度场切片可知,燃用30％水乳化柴油使缸内温度下降,即使掺入体积分数24％的O2,NO生成也低于燃用纯柴油、空气助燃的情况,实现富氧条件下相对于原机的低温燃烧,减少了污染物的排放.     

直喷式柴油机瞬态工况燃烧噪声机理

通过测量瞬态工况与稳态工况燃烧噪声的各种影响参数,研究气体动力载荷及燃烧压力高频振荡对燃烧噪声的影响机理．瞬态工况的壁面温度、喷油压力、针阀升程最大值和针阀开启持续时间均高于同负荷、同转速的稳态工况,导致瞬态工况滞燃期、燃烧始点和喷油量与稳态工况相比产生差异,引起燃烧压力、庄力升高率及高频压力振荡频率和幅值发生变化．结果表明,瞬态工况与同负荷、同转速的稳态工况相比,着火延迟期缩短,但每循环喷油量增大,燃烧噪声增大．     

Performance and combustion characteristic of CI engine fueled with hydrogen enriched diesel

The combustion of hydrogen–diesel blend fuel was investigated under simulated direct injection (DI) diesel engine conditions. The investigation presented in this paper concerns numerical analysis of neat diesel combustion mode and hydrogen enriched diesel combustion in a compression ignition (CI) engine. The parameters varied in this simulation included: H₂/diesel blend fuel ratio, engine speed, and air/fuel ratio. The study on the simultaneous combustion of hydrogen and diesel fuel was conducted with various hydrogen doses in the range from 0.05% to 50% (by volume) for different engine speed from 1000 – 4000 rpm and air/fuel ratios (A/F) varies from 10 – 80. The results show that, applying hydrogen as an extra fuel, which can be added to diesel fuel in the (CI) engine results in improved engine performance and reduce emissions compared to the case of neat diesel operation because this measure approaches the combustion process to constant volume. Moreover, small amounts of hydrogen when added to a diesel engine shorten the diesel ignition lag and, in this way, decrease the rate of pressure rise which provides better conditions for soft run of the engine. Comparative results are given for various hydrogen/diesel ratio, engine speeds and loads for conventional Diesel and dual fuel operation, revealing the effect of dual fuel combustion on engine performance and exhaust emissions.     

The use of Koroch seed oil methyl ester blends as fuel in a diesel engine

An experimental investigation was carried out on a small direct injection (DI) diesel engine, fuelling the engine with 10% (B10), 20% (B20), 30% (B30) and 40% (B40) blending of Koroch seed oil methyl ester (KSOME) with diesel. The performance and combustion characteristics of the engine at various loads are compared and analyzed. The results showed higher brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) and lower brake thermal efficiency (BTE) for the KSOME blends. The engine indicated power (IP) was more for the blends up to B30, but found to be reduced for the blend B40 when compared to that of diesel. The engine combustion parameters such as pressure crank angle diagram, peak pressure, time of occurrence of peak pressure, net heat-release rate, cumulative heat release, ignition delay and combustion duration were computed. The KSOME blends exhibited similar combustion trend with diesel. However, the blends showed an early start of combustion with shorter ignition delay period. The study reveals the suitability of KSOME blends up to B30 as fuel for a diesel engine mainly used in generating sets and the agricultural applications in India without any significant drop in engine performance.     

甲醇-柴油混合燃料对发动机燃烧及排放特性的影响

在一台YTR3105直喷式柴油机上进行了小比例甲醇-柴油混合燃料发动机的燃烧及排放特性试验研究。结果表明:在相同的平均有效压力和转速下,随着甲醇含量的增加,燃料着火延迟相应增大,使得燃烧过程向上止点后移动。混合燃料的滞燃期比柴油长,预混燃烧放热率峰值增大,燃烧持续期缩短,缸内最大爆发压力和压力升高率增加。与纯柴油相比,甲醇-柴油混合燃料HC排放有所升高,但NOx和碳烟排放降低。大负荷时,CO排放显著下降。     

Development of a hot-surface-ignition hydrogen injection two-stroke engine

A 3-cylinder, 1100 cc two-stroke gasoline engine was converted into a hot-surface-ignition hydrogen injection diesel engine for a new hydrogen car named Musashi 5. This engine had a compression ratio of 12:1, and the high pressure hydrogen at 6 MPa was injected into an open combustion chamber near the TDC. In practice, it showed some problems in terms of the high pressure liquid hydrogen pump, the hot surface ignition and efficient combustion. Efforts were made to solve the problems, and the results were as follows: (1) a high pressure pump was obtained through the precise finish on the sliding surfaces of the barrel and plunger, and by the combination of appropriate material and dimensions; (2) a gentle diesel ignition was attained by blowing hydrogen gas onto the platinum wire at 1000°C from a close location; (3) the mixture formation was improved, and the maximum power equivalent to 125% of gasoline was obtained by a proper selection of combustion chamber shape, number of injection nozzles, direction of injection, etc.     

不同喷油提前角对缸内碳烟生成影响的计算与分析

应用计算流体动力学对某小型高速增压直喷式柴油机缸内燃烧过程进行了数值计算,得出了不同喷油提前角下增压直喷式柴油机缸内混合气、温度和碳烟的分布情况,分析了不同喷油提前角下,上止点前后的喷油量的比例对碳烟排放的影响,并通过实际工况下的碳烟排放试验进行了验证。为增压柴油机性能与排放优化提供了参考。     

Analysis of ignition delay by taking Di-tertiary-butyl peroxide as an additive in a dual fuel diesel engine using hydrogen as a secondary fuel

Ignition delay (ID) is one of the important parameters that make influenced on the combustion process inside the cylinder. This ignition delay affects not only the performances but also the noise and emissions of the engine. In this regards the experiments were conducted on single cylinder 4–stroke compression ignition research diesel engine, power 3.50 kW at constant speed 1500 rpm Kirloskar model TV1 with base fuel as diesel and hydrogen as secondary fuel with and without Di-tertiary-butyl-peroxide (DTBP). Experiments were conducted to measure the ignition delay of the dual fuel diesel (DFD) engine at different load conditions and substitution of diesel by hydrogen with or without DTBP and then it was compared with predicted ID given by Hardenberg-Hase equation and modified Hardenberg-Hase equation.The experimental values of ignition delay were compared with theoretical ignition delay which was predicted on the basis of Hardenberg-Hase equation by considering mean cylinder temperature, pressure, activation energy and cetane number and variations are found in between 6.60% and 21.22%. While, the Hardenberg-Hase equation was modified (by considering variation in activation energy) for DFD engine working on diesel as primary fuel and hydrogen as secondary fuel shows variations 1.20%–11.96%. Furthermore, with DTBP it gives variation up to 18.01%. It was found that ID decreases with increase in percentage of DTBP and hydrogen in air-fuel mixture. This might be due to the cetane improver nature of DTBP, pre-ignition reaction rate and energy release rate of hydrogen fuel. The polytropic index get increased by addition of (Di-tert butyl peroxide) DTBP. Similarly, 5% Di tertiary butyl peroxide reduces Ignition delay.     

在直喷式柴油机上进行HCCI新概念燃烧的探索研究

从形成均匀预混合气及着火后具有良好化学反应动力学效应的角度出发,在单缸135直喷式柴油机上采用双收口型燃烧室、P型喷油泵、预喷射、伞喷油嘴、乳化柴油及乙醇柴油等方法,对实现均质充量压缩着火(homogeneous charge compression ignition,HCCI)燃烧的多种途径进行了对比试验。结果表明:应用伞喷油嘴有效促进了着火前缸内均质预混合气的形成,具有进一步在小排量增压中冷、高压电喷柴油机上推广的潜力;通过燃料设计可控制着火在上止点附近并提高燃烧速率,有利于实现高效、低排放的近似等压预混合燃烧方式。     

Numerical Investigation of the Effect of Hydrogen Enrichment on an Opposed-Piston Compression Ignition Diesel Engine

High power-to-weight and fuel efficiency are bounded with opposed-piston compression ignition(OPCI) engine, which makes it ideal in certain applications. In the present study, a dynamic three-dimensional CFD model was established to numerically investigate the combustion process and emission formation of a model OPCI engine with hydrogen enrichment. The simulation results indicated that a small amount of hydrogen was efficient to improve the indicated power owing to the increased in-cylinder pressure. Hydrogen tended to increase the ignition delay of diesel fuel due to both dilution and chemical effect. The burning rate of diesel fuel was apparently accelerated when mixing with hydrogen and premixed combustion became dominated. NO_x increased sharply while soot was sufficiently suppressed due to the increase of in-cylinder temperature. Preliminary modifications on diesel injection strategy including injection timing and injection pressure were conducted. It was notable that excessive delayed injection timing could reduce NO_x emission but deteriorate the indicated power which was mainly attributed to the evident decline of hydrogen combustion efficiency. This side effect could be mitigated by increasing the diesel injection pressure. Appropriate delay of injection coupled with high injection pressure was suggested to deal with trade-offs among NO_x, soot and engine power.     

直喷式柴油机燃用生物柴油的燃烧特性

在一台直喷式增压柴油机上进行了生物柴油、柴油及其掺混油B20、B50的性能试验,通过测量喷油器针阀升程、喷油压力和气缸压力曲线,对放热率、滞燃期等燃烧特性参数进行了分析,以研究生物柴油对发动机燃烧性能的影响。试验结果表明,在相同工况下,随着掺混油中生物柴油比例的增加,喷油始点逐渐提前,喷油延迟角逐渐变大,喷油压力和喷油持续期有所增加;滞燃期逐渐缩短,在大负荷尤为明显;预混合放热峰值逐渐降低,而扩散燃烧放热峰值逐渐增大;缸内最高燃烧压力提高,其对应的曲轴转角也逐渐提前。燃用生物柴油后发动机的热效率有所提高,在中等负荷时尤为明显。     

燃用小桐子油柴油机怠速工况工作过程及循环波动

采用柴油、柴油-小桐子掺混油、小桐子油、高温小桐子油,在单缸水冷四冲程柴油机上进行了怠速工况试验,测录了多循环的瞬时气缸压力与高压油管燃油压力,对比分析了喷油与燃烧过程中各参数的循环波动。结果发现,怠速工况喷油过程中,喷油持续期的循环波动最明显,小桐子油的喷油始点滞后,喷油持续期长,喷油压力大,喷油过程的循环波动略大;怠速工况燃烧过程中,最大燃烧压力升高率和滞燃期的循环波动率最为明显,小桐子油滞燃期略短,燃烧压力升高率小,最高燃烧压力低,滞燃期和最大燃烧压力升高率的循环波动明显大于柴油;燃用小桐子油增大了原机的循环波动,怠速运转不如柴油稳定。     

直喷压燃式发动机燃用柴油/碳酸二甲酯的燃烧特性和放热过程研究

在一台直喷式发动机上开展了燃用柴油／碳酸二甲酯混合燃料的燃烧特性与放热过程研究。结果表明，随碳酸二甲酯含量的增加，预混燃烧推迟，扩散燃烧期缩短。在中高负荷区，相同平均有效压力下，缸内最高压力、最高压力升高率和最大放热率随碳酸二甲酯含量的增加而增加，而在低负荷区基本上不随碳酸二甲酯含量的增加而改变。着火滞燃期随碳酸二甲酯含量的增加而增加，而快速燃烧期和燃烧持续期不随碳酸二甲酯含量的变化而改变。随碳酸二甲酯含量的增加，燃油消耗率增加，等热值燃油消耗率降低。CO和烟度随碳酸二甲酯含量的增加而降低，NOx随碳酸二甲酯含量的变化，但变化不大。     

Experimental investigation concerning the effect of natural gas percentage on performance and emissions of a DI dual fuel diesel engine

During the last years a great effort has been made to reduce pollutant emissions from direct injection (DI) diesel engines. Towards this, engineers have proposed various solutions, one of which is the use of gaseous fuels as a supplement for liquid diesel fuel. These engines, which use conventional diesel fuel and gaseous fuel, are referred to as dual fuel engines. The main aspiration from the usage of dual fuel (liquid and gaseous one) combustion systems is mainly to reduce particulate emissions and nitrogen oxides.One of the gaseous fuels used is natural gas, which has a relatively high auto ignition temperature and moreover is an economical and clean burning fuel. The high auto ignition temperature of natural gas is a serious advantage against other gaseous fuels since the compression ratio of most conventional DI diesel engines can be maintained. Moreover the combustion of natural gas produces practically no particulates since natural gas contains less dissolved impurities (e.g. sulfur compounds).The present contribution is mainly concerned, with an experimental investigation of the characteristics of dual fuel operation when liquid diesel is partially replaced with natural gas under ambient intake temperature in a DI diesel engine. Results are given revealing the effect of liquid fuel percentage replacement by natural gas on engine performance and emissions.     

Combustion characteristics and performance of natural gas in high speed indirect injection diesel engine

In recent years, efforts have been directed towards environmentally freindly sources of alternative fuels for internal combustion engines. This paper investigates combustion characteristics and performance of natural gas in an unmodified compression ignition engine using diesel fuel pilot injection. The factors influencing knock limits in dual fuel gas engines have been identified. This report is confined to experimental work in a naturally aspirated dual gas engine and the results obtained were compared with the diesel fueled test engine. Cylinder pressure diagrams recorded indicate longer ignition delay and burning rates with an increased pressure variation.     

推迟供油提前角对生物柴油发动机燃烧和排放性能的影响

在直喷式增压柴油机上进行了供油提前角对生物柴油发动机动力性、经济性和排放性能影响的研究。试验结果表明:与柴油相比,推迟供油提前角后生物柴油的动力性下降,燃油经济性恶化,NO_x和烟度排放均有不同程度的降低。推迟供油提前角对生物柴油的喷油压力和滞燃期影响不大,但喷油始点和燃烧始点均迟于柴油。与柴油相比,推迟供油提前角后最高气缸压力下降,放热峰值出现时刻提前,指示热效率降低。燃烧始点与NO_x排放的相关性最大,喷油始点和放热峰值出现时刻也与NO_x排放呈弱相关性。     

Assessing combustion and emission performance of direct use of SVO in a diesel engine by oxygen enrichment of intake air method

This work investigated the effect of the oxygen enrichment in the intake air of diesel engines on the combustion and emissions performance using rape seed oil (RSO) as a fuel. The purpose of the paper is to investigate the potential of oxygen enrichment in the intake air method to restrain the deterioration of particulate emissions of the RSO due to its high viscosity so as to explore the possibility of direct use of SVO (straight vegetable oil) in diesel engines, which can reduce CO₂ emissions and save cost. The combustion parameters such as ignition delay, heat release rate, in-cylinder peak temperature and pressure were determined. Engine out particulate and gaseous emissions of the RSO were measured at oxygen concentrations from 21% (by volume) (no enrichment) to 24% (by volume) and compared to diesel results. The enrichment of the intake air with oxygen decreased the ignition delay and premixed combustion duration, and increased the in-cylinder peak pressure and temperature. The particulate, CO and hydrocarbon emissions were significantly reduced while the NOx emissions increased as the oxygen enrichment rate increased. 22% oxygen enrichment rate was suggested to achieve lower than diesel particulate emissions with the lowest NOx penalty. Increased NOx could be controlled by other methods. The results show that the oxygen enrichment in intake air method enabled direct combustion of SVO in diesel engines with reduced particulate, hydrocarbon and CO emissions.     

生物制气-柴油双燃料发动机放热规律试验研究

采用气化炉热解气化各种农林废弃的生物质,产生可燃生物制气,用作为以柴油引燃的双燃料发动机的主要燃料。测量生物制气-柴油双燃料发动机气缸压力,计算分析放热规律。双燃料发动机与燃用纯柴油时的发动机相比,燃烧始点延迟,最大燃烧压力降低,最大放热率和排气温度增加,后燃较严重。负荷增大时,双燃料发动机燃烧始点提前,最大燃烧放热率增高,最高燃烧温度升高,后燃较严重。供油提前角提前时,后燃减小,燃烧过程明显改善。     

An experimental investigation on DI diesel engine with hydrogen fuel

The internal combustion engines have already become an indispensable and integral part of our present day life style, particularly in the transportation and agricultural sectors [Nagalingam B. Properties of hydrogen. In: Proceedings of the summer school of hydrogen energy, IIT Madras, 1984]. Unfortunately the survival of these engines has, of late, been threatened due to the problems of fuel crisis and environmental pollution. Therefore, to sustain the present growth rate of civilization, a nondepletable, clean fuel must be expeditiously sought. Hydrogen exactly caters to the specified needs. Hydrogen, even though “renewable” and “clean burning”, does give rise to some undesirable combustion problems in an engine operation, such as backfire, pre-ignition, knocking and rapid rate of pressure rise [Srinivasa Rao P. Utilization of hydrogen in a dual fueled engine. In: Proceedings of the summer school of hydrogen energy, IIT Madras, 1984; Siebers DL. Hydrogen combustion under diesel engine conditions. Hydrogen Energy 1998;23:363–71]. The present investigation compares the performance and emission characteristics of a DI diesel engine with gaseous hydrogen as a fuel inducted by means of carburation technique and timed port injection technique (TPI) along with diesel as a source of ignition [Swain N, Design and testing of dedicated hydrogen-fueled engine. SAE 961077, 1996]. In the present study the specific energy consumption, NO_x emission and the exhaust gas temperature increased by 6%, 8% and 14%, respectively, and brake thermal efficiency and smoke level reduced by 5% and 8%, respectively, using carburation technique compared to baseline diesel. But in the TPI technique, the specific energy consumption, exhaust gas temperature and smoke level reduced by 15%, 45% and 18%, respectively. The brake thermal efficiency and NO_x increased by 17% and 34%, respectively, compared to baseline diesel. The emissions such as HC, CO, and CO₂ is very low in both carburation and TPI techniques compared baseline diesel.