Performance characteristics of a low heat rejection diesel engine operating with biodiesel

Vegetable oils are a promising alternative among the different diesel fuel alternatives. However, the high viscosity, poor volatility and cold flow characteristics of vegetable oils can cause some problems such as injector coking, severe engine deposits, filter gumming, piston ring sticking and thickening of lubrication oil from long-term use in diesel engines. These problems can be eliminated or minimized by transesterification of the vegetable oils to form monoesters. These monoesters are known as biodiesel. The important advantages of biodiesel are lower exhaust gas emissions and its biodegradability and renewability compared with petroleum-based diesel fuel. Although the transesterification improves the fuel properties of vegetable oil, the viscosity and volatility of biodiesel are still worse than that of petroleum diesel fuel. The energy of the biodiesel can be released more efficiently with the concept of low heat rejection (LHR) engine. The aim of this study is to apply LHR engine for improving engine performance when biodiesel is used as an alternative fuel. For this purpose, a turbocharged direct injection (DI) diesel engine was converted to a LHR engine and the effects of biodiesel (produced from sunflower oil) usage in the LHR engine on its performance characteristics have been investigated experimentally. The results showed that specific fuel consumption and the brake thermal efficiency were improved and exhaust gas temperature before the turbine inlet was increased for both fuels in the LHR engine.     

Combustion and performance evaluation of a diesel engine fueled with biodiesel produced from soybean crude oil

In this study, the biodiesel produced from soybean crude oil was prepared by a method of alkaline-catalyzed transesterification. The important properties of biodiesel were compared with those of diesel. Diesel and biodiesel were used as fuels in the compression ignition engine, and its performance, emissions and combustion characteristics of the engine were analyzed. The results showed that biodiesel exhibited the similar combustion stages to that of diesel, however, biodiesel showed an earlier start of combustion. At lower engine loads, the peak cylinder pressure, the peak rate of pressure rise and the peak of heat release rate during premixed combustion phase were higher for biodiesel than for diesel. At higher engine loads, the peak cylinder pressure of biodiesel was almost similar to that of diesel, but the peak rate of pressure rise and the peak of heat release rate were lower for biodiesel. The power output of biodiesel was almost identical with that of diesel. The brake specific fuel consumption was higher for biodiesel due to its lower heating value. Biodiesel provided significant reduction in CO, HC, NO_x and smoke under speed characteristic at full engine load. Based on this study, biodiesel can be used as a substitute for diesel in diesel engine.     

Spatial combustion analysis of biodiesel fueled engine using combustion chamber endoscopy and modeling

Main objective of this study was to demonstrate endoscopic visualization of combustion events in the combustion chamber of a production grade compression ignition (CI) engine. High speed endoscopic imaging was used to provide qualitative information about the in–cylinder combustion for mineral diesel and biodiesel fueled engine operating at different engine loads. These images were analyzed using image processing program developed in MATLAB, in order to determine the ‘start of combustion’ (SoC), ‘spatial soot distribution’ and ‘spatial flame temperature distribution’. In–cylinder pressure and rate of heat release (RoHR) were validated using simulation results obtained by using a KIVA-3V code. The luminosity of flames in the combustion images was relatively lower for biodiesel compared to baseline diesel. Area of soot distribution decreased in later stages of combustion for both test fuels, which indicated superior oxidation of soot particles formed, during the post combustion events. Biodiesel showed relatively lower dissipation of heat, which caused lower soot radiations in the flames. Simulated soot distribution and flame temperature distribution obtained from KIVA-3V code also showed similar behavior and verified the trends observed by combustion chamber endoscopy.     

Exergy analysis of small DI diesel engine fueled with waste cooking oil biodiesel

ABSTRACT

This study investigates the merits of exergy analysis over energy analysis for small direct injection (DI) diesel engine using the blend of waste cooking oil biodiesel and petroleum diesel. Taguchi’s “L’ 16” orthogonal array has been used for the design of experiment. The engine tested at different engine speeds, load percentages, and blend ratios, using the waste cooking oil biodiesel. Basic performance parameters and fuel input exergy, exergetic efficiency (second law efficiency), exergy associated with heat transfer, exergy associated with the exhaust gas and destruction of exergy are calculated for each blend of waste cooking oil biodiesel and diesel. Results show that the optimum operating conditions for minimum brake-specific fuel consumption (BSFC) and exergy destruction are achieved when engine speed at 1900 rev/min, load percentage is 75%, and the engine is fueled with B40.     

Theoretical and experimental investigations on the performance of dual fuel diesel engine with hydrogen and LPG as secondary fuels

The mathematical models to predict pressure, net heat release rate, mean gas temperature, and brake thermal efficiency for dual fuel diesel engine operated on hydrogen, LPG and mixture of LPG and hydrogen as secondary fuels are developed. In these models emphasis have been given on spray mixing characteristics, flame propagation, equilibrium combustion products and in-cylinder processes, which were computed using empirical equations and compared with experimental results. This combustion model predicts results which are in close agreement with the results of experiments conducted on a multi cylinder turbocharged, intercooled gen-set diesel engine. The predictions are also in close agreement with the results on single cylinder diesel engine obtained by other researchers. A reasonable agreement between the predicted and experimental results reveals that the presented model gives quantitatively and qualitatively realistic prediction of in-cylinder processes and engine performances during combustion.     

Critical evaluation of current heat transfer models used in CFD in-cylinder engine simulations and establishment of a comprehensive wall-function formulation

The scope of the present study is to try to determine a comprehensive heat transfer formulation, which would be able to predict adequately the heat transfer mechanism on a wide range of different reciprocating engine configurations (spark-ignition and diesel engines) and operating conditions. To this aim, four of the most popular heat transfer formulations used in commercial and research CFD (computational fluid dynamics) codes are evaluated comparatively against available experimental data, using an in-house CFD model that has already been applied satisfactorily for the simulation of a spark-ignition and a diesel engine running under motoring conditions. The comparison reveals that most of the existing wall heat transfer formulations fail to predict adequately both the history and peak value of the heat flux. Nonetheless, the predicted trends of the heat flux during the entire closed part of the engine cycle are similar, with higher differences occurring during the expansion phase. To overcome this, the present authors proceeded to the development of a new wall heat transfer formulation based on the existing ones. This new formulation is used in the in-house CFD model for the simulation of the heat transfer through the cylinder walls for the same engines and operating conditions as those used for the comparative evaluation of the existing heat transfer models. Comparing the calculated heat flux using the five heat transfer models with the corresponding measured one, it is concluded that in most cases the new model predicts more accurately the heat transfer during the compression stroke for motored operation and at the same time the predicted peak heat flux is closer to the experimental one. Although a more fundamental formulation is used to describe the heat transfer process, the computational time required is not affected, which is a parameter crucial for multi-dimensional modeling.     

柴油机缸内传热计算

传热计算模型中考虑了柴油机气缸内对流、辐射和导热3个方面的传热,在计算缸内传热情况时,气缸内对流传热采用紊流模型,辐射传热采用火焰模型,导热采用周期性瞬态传热模型,并考虑三之间的耦合关系,得到了准确的计算结果。对150HP柴油机进行了计算和试验,取得了良好效果。     

6110A柴油机绝热性能的预测

本文建立了计算直喷式柴油机气缸内热力过程、气缸周壁传热和气缸盖排气道传热的数学模型,并编制了计算机程序。采用解析法处理气缸周壁传热,特别是应用二维解析法建立活塞顶传热,将气缸周璧传热计算与柴油机气缸内热力过程计算相结合,互为边界条件,因此能模拟计算绝热机工作过程。在几种气缸周壁绝热层布置形式下,以6110A柴油机为例进行了非增压、增压和增压带动力涡轮在标定工况下的模拟计算,并分析了绝热对发动机性能,燃烧过程以及热平衡的影响。为研制绝热发动机提供了预测数据。     

Theoretical and experimental study on the performance of a diesel engine fueled with diesel–biodiesel blends

This study reports the effects of engine load and biodiesel percentage on the performance of a diesel engine fueled with diesel–biodiesel blends by experiments and a new theoretical model based on the finite-time thermodynamics (FTT). In recent years, biodiesel utilization in diesel engines has been popular due to depletion of petroleum-based diesel fuel. In this study, performance of a single cylinder, four-stroke, direct injection (DI) diesel engine fueled with diesel–biodiesel mixtures has been experimentally and theoretically investigated. The simulation results agree with the experimental data. After model validation, the effects of engine load and biodiesel percentage on engine performance have been parametrically investigated. The results showed that, effective power increases constantly, effective efficiency increases to a specified value and then starts to decrease with increasing engine load at constant biodiesel percentage and compression ratio. However, effective efficiency increases, effective power decreases to a certain value and then begins to increase with increasing biodiesel percentage at constant equivalence ratio and compression ratio.     

Exergy analysis in a low heat rejection IDI diesel engine by three dimensional modeling

Higher heat loss is one of the major problems in indirect injection diesel engine, which can be overcome by means of low heat rejection (LHR) concept. For this purpose, at the present work, piston and liner of the main chamber engine are insulated. Energy analyses for baseline and LHR engine cases are carried out during a closed engine cycle using a computational fluid dynamics code. Also, exergy analyses for these cases are carried out by a developed in‐house computational code. The numerical analyses are carried out at four different loads (25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%) and in maximum torque engine speed of 730 rpm. The numerical results of pressure in cylinder for baseline engine at 50 and 100% load operations are compared with the corresponding experimental data and achieved a good agreement. The comparison of the results for two cases shows that when the load increases from 25% to 100% (in 25% increments), heat loss exergy decreases by 68.73%, 80.24%,91.38%, and 74.97% respectively in LHR engine in comparison to baseline engine. Also, exergy efficiency increases by 17.2%, 12.4%, 6.07%, and 11.81% respectively in LHR engine. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

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。     

Heat transfer model for small-scale spark-ignition engines

A heat transfer model for small-scale spark-ignition engines has been proposed by authors in previous study. However, that model was developed based on experimental data of one engine, it may not be so accurate for others. In order to improve the accuracy of predicted heat transfer rate for different engines, a modified heat transfer model using Stanton number based on two engines is proposed. Prediction results of instantaneous heat flux, global heat transfer, heat release rate, and cylinder pressure based on the proposed model are compared with the experimental results of three engines and prediction results of previous model. It is found that the proposed model has prediction results closer to the measured data than the previous models at the most engine operation conditions.     

Experimental investigation on diesel engine with diestrol-water micro emulsions

Experiments were conducted on a single cylinder direct injection diesel engine using diesel, biodiesel and biodiesel-diesel-ethanol (diestrol) water micro emulsion fuels to investigate the performance, emission and combustion characteristics of the engine under different load conditions at a constant speed of 1500 rpm. The results indicated that biodiesel and micro emulsion fuels had a higher brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) than that of diesel. A slight improvement in the brake specific energy consumption (BSEC) was observed for micro emulsion fuels. The brake thermal efficiency of biodiesel and micro emulsion fuels were comparable to that of diesel. The emission characteristics like carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO₂), unburnt hydrocarbon (UHC), nitric oxide (NO) and smoke emissions for biodiesel and micro emulsion fuels were lower than diesel fuel at all load conditions. The cylinder gas pressure of micro emulsion fuels was lower than diesel at low loads but it became almost identical to diesel at medium and full load conditions. The heat release rate for micro emulsion fuels was higher than biodiesel and diesel fuels for all loads. Biodiesel showed shorter ignition delay for the entire load range and the longer ignition delay observed for micro emulsion fuels.     

Effect of injection parameters on the combustion and emission characteristics in a common-rail direct injection diesel engine fueled with waste cooking oil biodiesel

The objective of this paper was to study the effects of the injection pressure and injection timing on the combustion and emission characteristics in a single-cylinder common-rail direct injection (CRDI) diesel engine fueled with waste cooking oil (WCO) biodiesel and commercial diesel fuel. The fuel property including fatty acid composition for the biodiesel were measured and compared with those of the conventional diesel fuel. The engine tests were conducted at two injection pressures (80 and 160 MPa) and different injection timings from −25 to 0 crank angle degree (CAD) after top dead center (aTDC) under two different engine loads. The results showed that the indicated specific fuel consumption (ISFC) with respect to the injection timings of the biodiesel was higher than that of the diesel fuel under all experimental conditions. The peak cylinder pressure and the peak heat release rate of the biodiesel were slightly lower, while the ignition delay was slightly longer under all operating conditions. In terms of emissions, the biodiesel had benefits in reduction of smoke, carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbon (HC) emissions especially with high fuel injection pressure. The nitrogen oxide (NO_x) emissions of the biodiesel were relatively higher than those of the diesel under all experimental conditions.     

壁面模型对缸内传热多维瞬态数值模拟计算的影响

采用常规湍流模型对柴油机缸内传热过程进行多维瞬态模拟计算时,壁面模型的处理方式将直接影响到整个模拟计算的精度和准确性,为此本文利用多维瞬态模拟计算方法考察壁面模型对缸内传热模拟计算的影响。研究结果表明：壁面模型中复合壁函数法由于在近壁处湍能被修正,使缸内多维模拟计算结果更接近于试验值。     

柴油机气缸内热辐射研究方法的探讨

作者从气缸内热辐射模型和实验两个方面探讨了气缸内辐射研究的方法。综述了气缸内热辐射理论和实验技术的进展,提出了气缸内辐射研究朝着多维化方向发展。     

Performance,combustion and exhaust emissions characteristics investigation using Citrullus colocynthis L. biodiesel in DI diesel engine

The aims of this study is to investigate the performance, combustion and exhaust emissions of a single-cylinder, air cooled, direct injection (DI), compression ignition engine using biodiesel from non-edible feedstock. In this work, biodiesel (B100) used to lead this investigation is Citrullus colocynthis L. methyl ester (CCME) and its blends B30 with diesel fuel. The biodiesel is produced via alkaline-catalyzed transesterification process using methanol (6:1 M ratio), 1% of sodium hydroxide at the reaction temperature of 60 °C for 1 h. The important physical and chemical properties of CCME are close to those of diesel fuel. Fuels (diesel fuel, B100 and B30) were tested on a DI diesel engine at 1500 rpm for various power outputs. The results indicated that B100 and B30 exhibit the same combustion characteristics compared to diesel fuel. However, B100 and B30 display earlier start of combustion. At lower engine loads, the peaks of cylinder pressure and heat release rate (HRR) were higher for B30 than B100 and diesel fuel during premixed combustion period. At higher engine loads the peaks of cylinder pressure was higher for B100 than B30 and diesel fuel, but the HRR during diffusion combustion is more considerable than diesel fuel. The brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) was higher for B100 than diesel fuel at all engine loads while B30 exhibited comparable trends. The thermal efficiency is slightly higher for B100 than B30 and diesel fuel at low loads and increase for B30 at full loads.B30 and B100 provided a higher reduction of hydrocarbons emissions up to 50% for B100. Nitrogen oxides and particulate matter emissions were also reduced.     

Effect of diethyl ether and ethanol additives on the combustion and emission characteristics of biodiesel-diesel blended fuel engine

An experimental investigation is conducted to evaluate the effects of using diethyl ether and ethanol as additives to biodiesel/diesel blends on the performance, emissions and combustion characteristics of a direct injection diesel engine. The test fuels are denoted as B30 (30% biodiesel and 70% diesel in vol.), BE-1 (5% diethyl ether, 25% biodiesel and 70% diesel in vol.) and BE-2 (5% ethanol, 25% biodiesel and 70% diesel in vol.) respectively. The results indicate that, compared with B30, there is slightly lower brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) for BE-1. Drastic reduction in smoke is observed with BE-1 and BE-2 at higher engine loads. Nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions are found slightly higher for BE-2. Hydrocarbon (HC) emissions are slightly higher for BE-1 and BE-2, but carbon monoxide (CO) are slightly lower. The peak pressure, peak pressure rise rate and peak heat release rate of BE-1 are almost similar to those of B30, and higher than those of BE-2 at lower engine loads. At higher engine loads the peak pressure, peak pressure rise rate and peak heat release rate of BE-1 are the highest and those of B30 are the lowest. BE-1 reflects better engine performance and combustion characteristics than BE-2 and B30.     

柴油机放热规律在数值计算中的应用

柴油机缸内燃烧过程的模拟是柴油机工作过程模拟的基础,燃料燃烧放热规律决定了缸内压力变化和能量转换的过程,进而影响整个燃烧过程。笔者以TBD234V12增压中冷柴油机为母型机,根据热力学第一定律,利用MATLAB语言编制了柴油机实测示功图反算放热率的程序,计算出燃烧放热率,以此作为已知数据进行工作过程计算,为柴油机工作过程和燃烧过程的研究提供了更为真实准确的燃烧放热规律。同时,利用三韦伯曲线来模拟缸内的放热规律,在达到同样柴油机综合性能指标条件下,分析二者的共同点与不同点。     

各种因素对柴油机气缸内气体和壁面传热影响的研究

在一台单缸柴油机上，采用表面热电偶测量气缸盖壁面的温度波动，应用一维非稳态传热模型计算了气缸盖壁面不同位置的瞬态传热率。在此基础上，分析了转速、负荷、冷却水温、进气温度、压缩比、壁面不同位置等对壁面温度波动和瞬时传热率的影响，得出柴油机气缸内燃气和壁面间的瞬态传热与壁面温度波动水平有关，气缸内气流速度对气缸内传热有较大的影响等结论。