均质压燃燃烧着火时刻的循环变动

在一台改装单缸机上,研究了进气温度、进气压力、外部废气再循环率等运行参数对汽油均质压燃(HCCI)燃烧着火时刻循环变动的影响.结果表明:着火时刻对应的曲轴转角对HCCI燃烧循环变动有重大影响.着火时刻提前,HCCI燃烧循环变动较小.不同运行参数对燃烧循环变动的影响不同.进气温度和冷却水温度升高、进气压力增大有助于减小着火时刻循环变动,过量空气系数和EGR率增大会增大着火时刻循环变动.     

HCCI甲醇发动机的燃烧与排放特性

在Ricardo Hydra单缸四冲程发动机上利用内部废气再循环策略实现了甲醇燃料的HCCI燃烧.通过调整HCCI发动机的过量空气系数和转速,研究了HCCI甲醇发动机的燃烧和排放特性.结果表明,甲醇燃料的HCCI燃烧不同于普通汽油,其着火更早、燃烧更快,但在低转速时,平均指示压力相对较低.甲醇燃料可以在更稀的混合气条件下实现HCCI燃烧.在相同的转速和过量空气系数下,甲醇燃料的NOx和HC排放低于汽油.     

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.     

燃烧边界条件对乙醇均质压燃燃烧的影响

在一台由CA6110柴油机改造而成的单缸发动机上进行了燃烧边界条件对乙醇燃料均质压燃（HCCI）燃烧过程影响的试验研究。结果表明，在转速和进气温度一定时，随着过量空气系数的增加，着火始点推迟，燃烧持续期变长，缸内的最大燃烧压力降低，放热率降低，φ50（50％乙醇燃烧放热量所在的曲轴转角）位置推迟，燃烧效率降低；在发动机转速、进气温度和过量空气系数一定时，随着EGR率的升高，着火始点推迟，燃烧持续期延长，φ50位置推迟，放热速率降低，压力升高率变小，缸内最大燃烧压力减小，燃烧效率降低。在转速和供油量一定时，随着进气温度的升高，着火始点提前，燃烧持续期变短，压力升高率变大，缸内的最大燃烧压力变大。得到了发动机转速、过量空气系数和对应于最大指示热效率点的进气温度间的MAP图。     

小升程凸轮轴发动机HCCI燃烧特性的研究

为了在发动机的低速低负荷区实现均质充量压缩着火（HCCI）燃烧，设计了气门升程小和气门开启持续期短的进、排气门凸轮轴，并将其安装在Ricardo Hydra单缸汽油机上。试验研究了发动机使用理论空燃比混合气时的燃烧情况，结果表明，使用负气门重叠角可以在低速低负荷区实现HCCI燃烧。在HCCI燃烧方式下运行时的平均指示压力（PIMEP）依赖于气门定时和发动机转速。排气门关闭越早，缸内的残余废气量增加，每循环进气量减少，燃烧持续期变长，PIMEP减小，然而泵气损失减小；进气相位对PIMEP的影响小于排气相位的影响；高的发动机转速对燃烧过程的影响类似于排气门早关．     

基于首次着火循环的低温冷起动特性

从发动机首次着火循环的单一循环特性分析入手,研究了以液化石油气(LPG)为燃料的电控喷射小型点燃式发动机低温冷起动首次着火循环的燃烧情况.当环境温度从-9~4℃变化时,对不同过量空气系数对冷起动的首次着火循环的影响进行分析,结果表明环境温度对冷起动首循环的HC排放有很大影响,而对着火或起动瞬态转速影响不大;过量空气系数直接影响发动机冷起动首循环的着火可靠性和HC排放.通过研究,得出保证此LPG发动机首次着火循环可靠起动时的最佳过量空气系数为0.74左右.     

进气温度和过量空气系数对乙醇均质压燃燃烧过程的影响

在一台经过改进的CA6110发动机上,进行了进气温度和过量空气系数对乙醇燃料均质压燃燃烧过程影响的试验研究．结果表明,在转速和供油量一定时,随着进气温度的升高,着火始点提前,燃烧持续期变短,压力升高率变大,缸内的最大燃烧压力变大,指示效率提高,平均指示压力升高．当进气温度一定时,随着过量空气系数的减小,着火始点提前,燃烧持续期逐渐变短,压力升高率变大,缸内的最大燃烧压力变大,指示效率增加．     

不同EGR方法对柴油燃料HCCI燃烧影响的探讨

研究了内部EGR和外部EGR模式对柴油燃料HCCI燃烧的影响。随着内部EGR率的增大,HCCI燃烧的着火始点提前,在相对较小的负荷下,-40°CA气门重叠期的着火始点比-20°CA气门重叠期的着火始点提前5~7°CA,内部EGR的加热作用大于其对混合气的稀释作用;内部EGR增大有利于均质混合气的形成,使柴油燃料HCCI燃烧的烟度排放减小,但使低NOx排放的负荷范围减小;外部EGR起到了推迟着火始点的作用,是一种有效的扩展运行范围负荷上限的方法。     

采用快速压缩机对甲醇燃料的HCCI燃烧特性的研究

为进一步了解高辛烷值燃料的均质压燃燃烧特性,利用自主研发的快速压缩机,研究了边界条件对甲醇燃料HCCI燃烧特性的影响.试验表明:随着充量温度的升高,燃烧始点提前,燃烧持续期缩短,燃烧温度最大值增加,放热率最大值增加,最大压力升高率增大,最大压力升高率出现时刻提前;随着可燃混合气过量空气系数的增加,可燃混合气的浓度减小,燃烧始点延迟,燃料的最高燃烧温度降低,放热率最大值降低,最大压力升高率降低,着火温度升高,同时反应速率减慢,所以燃烧持续期增加,最大压力升高率减小,最大压力升高率出现时刻延迟.     

用快速压缩机研究乙醇燃料的HCCI燃烧特性

为进一步了解乙醇燃料的HCCI燃烧特性,利用自主研发的快速压缩机,研究了边界条件对乙醇燃料HC-CI燃烧特性的影响.试验表明:随着充量温度的升高,燃烧持续期缩短,最高燃烧温度升高,放热率最大值增加,最大压力升高率增大,最大压力升高率出现的时刻提前;随着过量空气系数的增大,可燃混合气的浓度减小,燃烧始点延迟,燃料的最高燃烧温度降低,放热率最大值降低,最大压力升高率降低、出现时刻提前,着火温度降低,同时反应速率减慢,燃烧持续期增加.     

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。     

Experimental investigation on the effect of intake air temperature and air–fuel ratio on cycle-to-cycle variations of HCCI combustion and performance parameters

Combustion in HCCI engines is a controlled auto ignition of well-mixed fuel, air and residual gas. Since onset of HCCI combustion depends on the auto ignition of fuel/air mixture, there is no direct control on the start of combustion process. Therefore, HCCI combustion becomes unstable rather easily, especially at lower and higher engine loads. In this study, cycle-to-cycle variations of a HCCI combustion engine fuelled with ethanol were investigated on a modified two-cylinder engine. Port injection technique is used for preparing homogeneous charge for HCCI combustion. The experiments were conducted at varying intake air temperatures and air–fuel ratios at constant engine speed of 1500 rpm and P-θ diagram of 100 consecutive combustion cycles for each test conditions at steady state operation were recorded. Consequently, cycle-to-cycle variations of the main combustion parameters and performance parameters were analyzed. To evaluate the cycle-to-cycle variations of HCCI combustion parameters, coefficient of variation (COV) of every parameter were calculated for every engine operating condition. The critical optimum parameters that can be used to define HCCI operating ranges are ‘maximum rate of pressure rise’ and ‘COV of indicated mean effective pressure (IMEP)’.     

Control of homogeneous charge compression ignition combustion in a two-cylinder gasoline direct injection engine with negative valve overlap

Homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) has challenges in ignition timing control, combustion rate control, and operating range extension. In this paper, HCCI combustion was studied in a two-cylinder gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine with negative valve overlap (NVO). A two-stage gasoline direct injection strategy combined with negative valve overlap was used to control mixture formation and combustion. The gasoline engine could be operated in HCCI combustion mode at a speed range of 800–2 200 r/min and load, indicated mean effective pressure (IMEP) range of 0.1–0.53 MPa. The engine fuel consumption is below 240 g/(kW⁻¹·h⁻¹), and the NO _x emission is below 4 × 10⁻⁵ without soot emission. The effect of different injection strategies on HCCI combustion was studied. The experimental results indicated that the coefficient of variation of the engine cycle decreased by using NVO with two-stage direct injection; the ignition timing and combustion rate could be controlled; and the operational range of HCCI combustion could be extended. Translated from J Tsinghua Univ (Sci & Tech), 2006, 46(5): 720–723 [译自: 清华大学学报]     

不同点火时刻下天然气掺氢缸内直喷发动机燃烧与排放特性

在缸内直喷火花点火发动机上开展了天然气掺混0％-18％氢气的混合燃料不同点火时刻下的试验研究。结果表明：对于给定的喷射时刻和喷射持续期,点火时刻对发动机性能、燃烧和排放有较大影响,喷射结束时刻与点火时刻的间隔对直喷天然气发动机极为重要,喷射结束时刻与点火时刻的间隔缩短时,混合气分层程度高,燃烧速率快,热效率高。最大放热率等燃烧特征参数随点火时刻的提前而增加。HC排放随点火时刻的提前而下降,CO2和NOx排放随点火时刻的提前而增加,NOx排放的增加在大点火提前角下更明显。掺氢可降低HC排放,对CO和CO2排放影响不大。掺氢量大于10％时可提高天然气发动机热效率。     

Experimental study and chemical analysis of n-heptane homogeneous charge compression ignition combustion with port injection of reaction inhibitors

The control of ignition timing in the homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) of n-heptane by port injection of reaction inhibitors was studied in a single-cylinder engine. Four suppression additives, methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, and methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), were used in the experiments. The effectiveness of inhibition of HCCI combustion with various additives was compared under the same equivalence ratio of total fuel and partial equivalence ratio of n-heptane. The experimental results show that the suppression effectiveness increases in the order MTBE < isopropanol ? ethanol < methanol. But ethanol is the best additive when the operating ranges, indicated thermal efficiency, and emissions are considered. For ethanol/n-heptane HCCI combustion, partial combustion may be observed when the mole ratio of ethanol to that of total fuel is larger than 0.20; misfires occur when the mole ratio of ethanol to that of total fuel larger than 0.25. Moreover, CO emissions strongly depend on the maximum combustion temperature, while HC emissions are mainly dominated by the mole ratio of ethanol to that of total fuel. To obtain chemical mechanistic informations relevant to the ignition behavior, detailed chemical kinetic analysis was conducted. The simulated results also confirmed the retarding of the ignition timing by ethanol addition. In addition, it can be found from the simulation that HCHO, CO, and C₂H₅OH could not be oxidized completely and are maintained at high levels if the partial combustion or misfire occurs (for example, for leaner fuel/air mixture).     

汽油机均质压燃燃烧模型及其在CAI发动机模拟中的应用

通过分析4冲程HCCI／CAI燃烧特性，以大量的CAI燃烧示功图数据为基础，总结出一个适用于描述CAI燃烧速度的经验函数．将该函数应用于GT-Power模拟软件，并结合自行开发的凸轮型线自动生成模块，研究了进、排气门定时及升程等参数对CAI燃烧的影响，以及拓展CAI运行范围的途径．结果表明，排气门升程对平均指示压力(IMEP)的影响比进气门升程要大，较大的排气门升程有利于大负荷工况，在大进气门升程时，由于进气回流导致负荷减少．