基于缸内分段直喷和负气门重叠角汽油机的HCCI燃烧

利用发动机热力循环软件BOC9ST耦合嵌入详细化学反应动力学机理的CHEMKIN代码建立了GDI-HCCI 发动机燃烧数值模型,对缸内直喷汽油机采用分段燃油喷射配合负气门重叠角控制缸内混合气化学组分、混合气浓度及温度历程的策略进行了实验验证及模拟分析．结果显示,加大负气门重叠角以及在此期间喷油可以产生燃油改质效果,缸内温度升高,使HCCI着火更容易控制．由此在保证NOx排放极低的同时循环波动明显减小,负荷稀限拓宽,燃油经济性改善．     

缸内直喷式汽油机废气滞留条件下的燃烧特性

研究了缸内直喷式汽油机废气滞留条件下,负气门重叠角、点火提前角、压缩比及分层混合气对废气滞留燃烧的影响。研究结果表明:GDI发动机在部分负荷时利用废气滞留可减小泵气损失,但使燃烧持续期增长、循环波动增大;负气门重叠角增大导致循环波动增大;适当地提前点火时刻有助于降低循环波动;废气滞留燃烧采用高压缩比会产生点燃触发压燃的组合燃烧方式,可缩短燃烧持续期但使循环波动增大;利用2次喷射策略形成分层混合气有助于降低废气滞留燃烧时的循环波动,缩短滞燃期和燃烧持续期,从而提高循环热效率,第2次喷射比例和时刻对性能产生重要影响。     

Characteristics and energy distribution of modulated multi-pulse injection modes based diesel HCCI combustion and their effects on engine thermal efficiency and emissions

Cycle fuel energy distribution and combustion characteristics of early in-cylinder diesel homogenous charge compression ignition (HCCI) combustion organized by modulated multi-pulse injection modes are studied by the engine test. It is found that heat loss due to unburned fuel droplets and CO emission can be decreased effectively by injection mode regulation, and thermal efficiency can be potentially increased by 4%–12%. From the analyses of combustion process, it is also found that diesel HCCI combustion is a process with a finite reaction rate and is very sensitive to injection timing and injection mode. At injection timing of −90°CA ATDC, extra low NO_x emissions can be obtained along with high thermal efficiency. __________ Translated from Transactions of CSICE, 2006, 24(6): 385–393 [译自: 内燃机学报]     

过量空气系数对HCCI汽油机燃烧特性的影响

在一台Ricardo Hydra单缸四气门汽油机上,利用气门重叠负角方法实现了均质充量压缩着火(HCCI)燃烧,并通过试验研究了过量空气系数对HCCI汽油机燃烧特性的影响.研究结果表明,在相同的转速和气门相位角下,随着过量空气系数的增加,平均指示压力减小,缸内残余废气率也减小,但燃油消耗率的变化趋势与转速有关.在大多数工况下,过量空气系数为1.05时,HCCI发动机的着火时刻最早,燃烧持续期最短.过量空气系数对循环波动的影响与转速和气门相位角有关.随着转速的增加,循环波动增大.     

Imaging studies of in-cylinder HCCI combustion

An optically accessed, single cylinder engine operated in homogenous charge compression ignition (HCCI) mode with negative valve overlap (NVO) strategy was used to perform combustion processes diagnostics under premixed conditions corresponding to the low load regime of the HCCI operational envelope. The aforementioned processes analysis was conducted utilizing synchronized simultaneous combustion event crank-angle resolved images, acquired through piston crown window with in-cylinder pressure recording. This investigation was carried out for one-step ignition fuel—standard gasoline, fuel proceeding single-stage ignition process under conditions studied. The initial combustion stage is characterized by a maximum local reaction spreading velocity in the range of 40–55 m/s. The later combustion stage reveals values as high as 140 m/s in case of stoichiometric combustion. The mixture as well as combustion stages effects are pronounced in these observed analytical results.     

乙醇燃料HCCI发动机燃烧特性研究

应用调整进排气门相位控制缸内残余废气率策略,在Ricardo Hydra四冲程进气道喷射单缸试验机上实现了无水乙醇燃料的均质压燃,获得了运行工况范围,并分析研究了空燃比、转速和气门相位对乙醇燃料均质压燃的燃烧特性。结果表明:乙醇燃料的均质压燃的可运行范围仍然受到爆震、换气过程及失火的限制,但在高速及稀燃区域得到拓展;其着火时刻及燃烧持续期依赖于气门定时、空燃比及转速。     

基于可变气门定时策略的HCCI汽油机试验研究

在电控气口喷射四冲程单缸试验机上,利用特殊设计的小包角配气凸轮,通过负气门重叠角实现了由内部残余废气控制的汽油HCCI燃烧,详细研究了气门定时参数对HCCI燃烧的影响.结果表明,就进排气门定时比较而言,排气门关闭时刻对内部EGR率和负荷的影响更大,而进气门开启时刻对HCCI燃烧的影响相对较小.在进排气门相位对称条件下,随着气门重叠负角的减小,最大压力升高率增加,着火时刻提前,负荷也增大.随着转速的增加,内部EGR率增加,排气温度升高,着火时刻也提前.通过调整气门定时,在不需要进气加热的条件下,可在转速880～4 000 r/min,负荷0.25～0.75 MPa（pIMEP）的范围实现HCCI燃烧.     

Part-load characteristics of direct injection spark ignition engine using exhaust gas trap

Internal exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) is an effective strategy to reduce pumping loss and improve fuel economy using mixture dilution than traditional external EGR. In this paper, the internal EGR was obtained by exhaust gas trap (EGT) using the negative valve overlap (NVO) method. The effects of EGT on the part-load characteristics, including energy conversion, combustion and emission characteristics were studied in a direct injection spark ignition (DISI) engine. The experimental results showed that EGT can save fuel consumption by 5–16% due to reduced pumping loss and improved combustion efficiency, while it also can increase the engine cyclic variation and combustion duration. The engine cyclic variation increases with increasing of the EGT level; this can be overcome by advancing spark timing to stabilize the combustion. The flame propagation and compression combustion occurred simultaneously when high EGT level and high compression ratio were adopted; the combined combustion can reduce combustion duration but increase the engine cyclic variation. The stratified mixture using the two-stage injection strategy can reduce the engine cyclic variation and shorten the combustion duration so as to improve the thermal efficiency. Moreover, the second injection mass ratio and timing take an important effect on the combustion and emission characteristics in DISI engines using EGT strategy.     

缸内直喷汽油机HCCI燃烧对压缩比和辛烷值的适应性研究

在缸内直喷汽油机（GDI）上采用多次燃油喷射和可变配气技术来控制缸内混合气形成和燃烧,实现了SI/HCCI复合燃烧方式。研究了不同压缩比和辛烷值对均质混合气压燃（HCCI）燃烧排放特性的影响。结果表明,汽油HCCI燃烧呈现单阶段燃烧燃料特性,HCCI着火发生在上止点附近时油耗低。低压缩比下,HCCI燃烧可以在较浓空燃比下工作,NOx排放较高。高辛烷值燃料HCCI燃烧可运行的负荷范围窄。汽油HCCI发动机在偏高压缩比条件下燃用偏低辛烷值汽油可以获得较好的经济性和排放性能。     

高效车用汽油机的技术进步

论述了车用汽油机的应用现状及其节能的潜力。作为基本指导思想,由热力学基本公式分析得到了提高汽油机热效率的途径是提高压缩比、稀薄燃烧以及降低泵气损失,同时指出应提高燃烧等容度以及降低循环波动。介绍了在进气道喷射汽油机上采取的节能技术,如提高压缩比、VVT、米勒循环以及停缸等。回顾并分析了缸内直喷汽油机(GDI)的发展历程与现状,特别分析对比了稀燃GDI与当量比GDI的优劣。最后,介绍了基于GDI发动机进行的HCCI以及HCII燃烧研究,指出分层混合气与SICI组合燃烧方式是在HCCI核心思想上衍生出来的,可以有效拓宽HCCI运行范围。     

Experimental study of fuel stratification for HCCI high load extension

Fuel stratification has the potential to extend the high load limits of homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) combustion by improving the control over the combustion phase as well as reducing the maximum rate of pressure rise. In this work, experiments were carried out on a single-cylinder engine equipped with a dual-fuel-injection system – a port injector for preparing a homogeneous charge and a direct in-cylinder injector for creating the desired fuel stratification. The homogeneous charge was prepared using gasoline fuel while the fuel stratification was created with the in-cylinder injection of either gasoline or methanol during the compression stroke. The test results indicate that high load extension using gasoline for fuel stratification is limited by the trade-off between CO and NO_x emissions. Weak gasoline stratification leads to an advanced combustion phase and an increase in NO_x emission, while increasing the stratification with a higher quantity of gasoline direct injection, results in a significant deterioration in both the combustion efficiency and the CO emission. Engine tests using methanol for the stratification retarded the ignition timing and prolonged the combustion duration, resulting in a substantial reduction in the maximum rate of pressure rise and the maximum cylinder pressure – a prerequisite for HCCI high load extension. Further tests were then conducted with methanol stratification to extend the HCCI load limit and to optimize the stratified methanol-to-gasoline fuel ratio. Compared to gasoline HCCI, a 50% increase in the maximum IMEP attained was achieved with an acceptable maximum pressure rise rate of 0.5 MPa/°CA while maintaining a high thermal efficiency.     

Study of low emission homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engine using combined internal and external exhaust gas recirculation (EGR)

This paper focuses on the effects of internal and cooled external exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) on the combustion and emission performance of diesel fuel homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI). The use of fuel injection before the top center (TC) of an exhaust stroke and the negative valve overlap (NVO) to form the homogeneous mixture achieves low NO_x and smoke emissions HCCI. Internal and external EGR are combined to control the combustion. Internal exhaust gas recirculation (IEGR) benefits to form a homogeneous mixture and reduces smoke emission further, but lower the high load limits of HCCI. Cooled external EGR can delay the start of combustion (SOC) effectively, which is very useful for high cetane fuel (diesel) HCCI because these fuels can easily self-ignited, making the SOC earlier. External EGR can avoid the knock combustion of HCCI at high load, which means it can expand the high load limit. HCCI maintains low smoke emission at various EGR rates and various loads compared with a conventional diesel engine because there are no fuel-rich volumes in the cylinder.     

在汽油机上实施HCCI的技术策略

均质混合气压燃(HCCI)燃烧方式，是一种克服常规柴油机和汽油机缺点、集常规汽油机和柴油机优点于一体的新概念燃烧。本文分析了汽油机实施HCCI的可行性，介绍了HCCI发动机实用化所面临的问题，提出了双工作模式的折衷方案：在中低负荷工况实施HCCI，而在大负荷工况和冷起动工况恢复常规发动机工作方式。推荐可变压缩比(VCR)方案、可变废气再循环率(EGR)方案、可变排气门关闭时刻方案，以及废气再循环滚流分层充气方案等。为尽快在汽油机上实施HCCI燃烧方式指出了技术方向。     

二甲醚均质压燃燃烧过程的试验研究

在一台单缸直喷柴油机上进行了二甲醚(DME)均质压燃(HCCl)燃烧过程的试验．研究结果表明，进气中加入30％的惰性气体CO2,发动机实现HCCl运转的负荷范围从0．05MPa扩展到0．35MPa．二甲醚在HCCl模式下表现出明显的双阶段着火特性，增加惰性气体的浓度，第一阶段着火始点滞后，燃烧放热峰值降低，燃烧持续期延长．排放测试表明，HCCl模式下发动机的NOx排放接近于零，可实现无碳烟排放，但CO和HC排放较高．     

用汽油和甲醇燃油分层拓展HCCI燃烧高负荷的试验研究

在一台单缸HCCI发动机上研究了进气道喷射汽油缸内喷射甲醇形成汽油甲醇燃油分层的HCCI燃烧排放特性,探索了其拓展HCCI燃烧高负荷的潜力。试验结果表明:在汽油HCCI燃烧中喷射甲醇能够有效降低缸内混合气的温度,推迟着火时刻,延长燃烧持续期,从而降低压力升高率和缸内最高燃烧压力,有利于拓展HCCI燃烧高负荷。一定的HCCI负荷工况存在最佳的汽油甲醇比例,且汽油甲醇最佳比例随着负荷的增加不断减小。在最大压力升高率0.5MPa/°CA和较高的指示效率的限制下,自然吸气条件下采用汽油和甲醇燃油分层的HCCI燃烧最高负荷比汽油HCCI燃烧提高了近50%,达到0.62MPa。     

变配气正时对HCCI燃烧的影响研究

试验研究了变进排气正时对缸内早喷柴油均质充量压燃燃烧(HCCI)的影响。柴油在排气上止点附近喷入缸内,研究改变进排气门负重叠期对HCCI燃烧放热率、排放及综合性能的影响。试验研究结果表明,增大气门负重叠期,有利于早喷燃油的快速蒸发和均质混合气的形成,有利于减少柴油湿壁,但是容易使燃烧相位提前,易于产生爆振。增加气门负重叠期,HCCI燃烧的运行范围向低工况扩展,但是中高负荷受到限制。在HCCI燃烧可运行范围内,有害排放产物和指示油耗均下降。     

Effect of ignition timing and hydrogen fraction on combustion and emission characteristics of natural gas direct-injection engine

An experimental study on the combustion and emission characteristics of a direct-injection spark-ignited engine fueled with natural gas/hydrogen blends under various ignition timings was conducted. The results show that ignition timing has a significant influence on engine performance, combustion and emissions. The interval between the end of fuel injection and ignition timing is a very important parameter for direct-injection natural gas engines. The turbulent flow in the combustion chamber generated by the fuel jet remains high and relative strong mixture stratification is introduced when decreasing the angle interval between the end of fuel injection and ignition timing giving fast burning rates and high thermal efficiencies. The maximum cylinder gas pressure, maximum mean gas temperature, maximum rate of pressure rise and maximum heat release rate increase with the advancing of ignition timing. However, these parameters do not vary much with hydrogen addition under specific ignition timing indicating that a small hydrogen fraction addition of less than 20% in the present experiment has little influence on combustion parameters under specific ignition timing. The exhaust HC emission decreases while the exhaust CO₂ concentration increases with the advancing of ignition timing. In the lean combustion condition, the exhaust CO does not vary much with ignition timing. At the same ignition timing, the exhaust HC decreases with hydrogen addition while the exhaust CO and CO₂ do not vary much with hydrogen addition. The exhaust NOx increases with the advancing of ignition timing and the behavior tends to be more obvious at large ignition advance angle. The brake mean effective pressure and the effective thermal efficiency of natural gas/hydrogen mixture combustion increase compared with those of natural gas combustion when the hydrogen fraction is over 10%. __________ Translated from Transactions of CSICE, 2006, 24(5): 394–401 [译自:内燃机学报]     

Active fuel design—A way to manage the right fuel for HCCI engines

Homogenous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engines feature high thermal efficiency and ultralow emissions compared to gasoline engines. However, unlike SI engines, HCCI combustion does not have a direct way to trigger the in-cylinder combustion. Therefore, gasoline HCCI combustion is facing challenges in the control of ignition and, combustion, and operational range extension. In this paper, an active fuel design concept was proposed to explore a potential pathway to optimize the HCCI engine combustion and broaden its operational range. The active fuel design concept was realized by real time control of dual-fuel (gasoline and n-heptane) port injection, with exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) rate and intake temperature adjusted. It was found that the cylinderto- cylinder variation in HCCI combustion could be effectively reduced by the optimization in fuel injection proportion, and that the rapid transition process from SI to HCCI could be realized. The active fuel design technology could significantly increase the adaptability of HCCI combustion to increased EGR rate and reduced intake temperature. Active fuel design was shown to broaden the operational HCCI load to 9.3 bar indicated mean effective pressure (IMEP). HCCI operation was used by up to 70% of the SI mode load while reducing fuel consumption and nitrogen oxides emissions. Therefore, the active fuel design technology could manage the right fuel for clean engine combustion, and provide a potential pathway for engine fuel diversification and future engine concept.     

Combustion characteristics of a direct-injection diesel engine fueled with Fischer-Tropsch diesel

Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) diesel fuel is characterized by a high cetane number, a near-zero sulphur content and a very low aromatic level. On the basis of the recorded incylinder pressures and injector needle lifts, the combustion characteristics of an unmodified single-cylinder direct-injection diesel engine operating on F-T diesel fuel are analyzed and compared with those of conventional diesel fuel operation. The results show that F-T diesel fuel exhibits a slightly longer injection delay and injection duration, an average of 18.7% shorter ignition delay, and a comparable total combustion duration when compared to those of conventional diesel fuel. Meanwhile, F-T diesel fuel displays an average of 26.8% lower peak value of premixed burning rate and a higher peak value of diffusive burning rate. In addition, the F-T diesel engine has a slightly lower peak combustion pressure, a far lower rate of pressure rise, and a lower mechanical load and combustion noise than the conventional diesel engine. The brake specific fuel consumption is lower and the effective thermal efficiency is higher for F-T diesel fuel operation. Translated from Journal of Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2006, 40(1): 5–9 [译自: 西安交通大学学报]     

Effects of compression ratio on the combustion characteristics of a homogeneous charge compression ignition engine

The effects of homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engine compression ratio on its combustion characteristics were studied experimentally on a modified TY1100 single cylinder engine fueled with dimethyl ether. The results show that dimethyl ether (DME) HCCI engine can work stably and can realize zero nitrogen oxides (NO_x) emission and smokeless combustion under the compression ratio of both 10.7 and 14. The combustion process has obvious two stage combustion characteristics at ɛ = 10.7 (ɛ refers to compression ratio), and the combustion beginning point is decided by the compression temperature, which varies very little with the engine load; the combustion beginning point is closely related to the engine load (concentration of mixture) with the increase in the compression temperature, and it moves forward versus crank angle with the increase in the engine load at ɛ = 14; the combustion durations are shortened with the increase in the engine load under both compression ratios. __________ Translated from Chinese Journal Combustion Engine Engineering, 2006, 27(4): 9–12 [译自: 内燃机工程]