燃烧室参数对小型柴油机突增负荷工况燃烧及HC排放的影响

应用自行开发的柴油机瞬态工况控制系统及排气采集装置，对小型柴油机突增负荷工况下的燃烧及HC排放特性进行了实验研究，利用气相色谱仪分析了HC排放成分，设计了不同参数的燃烧室，研究了不同压缩比（13～19）和燃烧室形状对柴油机燃烧及HC排放的影响，研究结果表明，同一燃烧室在突增负荷工况，燃油开始增加后，THC排放量急剧增加，最大值达到稳态工况的100倍，随循环数的增加，滞燃期缩短，HC排放逐渐减少，HC排放成分中LHC占有很大比例，其中乙烯和丙烯最多，随压缩比的降低，滞燃期延长，HC排放明显增加，压缩比相同时适当缩小燃烧室直径，有助于降低HC排放。     

增压柴油机燃用天然气合成油排放特性的研究

对增压中冷柴油机燃用纯天然气合成油（Gas-to-Liquids，GTL）、柴油／GTL混合燃料的排放进行了外特性、负荷特性和欧洲ECE R49十三工况法的试验研究，并与柴油的排放进行了对比。研究表明：燃用GTL在所有工况下都能够有效降低NOx、烟度和PM，且掺混比例愈大，效果愈明显，CO和HC也有一定的改善；在ECE R49十三工况下纯GTL的NOx和PM排放分别降低了23．7％和27．6％，CO和HC分别降低了16．6％和12．9％；发动机工况对增压柴油机燃用所有燃料的排放有较大影响。结果表明GTL是柴油机有潜力的低排放代用燃料。     

辛烷值对均质压燃发动机燃烧特性和性能的影响

通过不同比例的正庚烷和异辛烷混合得到不同辛烷值的混合燃料，在一台单缸直喷式柴油机上研究燃料辛烷值对均质压燃发动机燃烧特性、性能和排放特性的影响．研究结果表明，燃料辛烷值增加，着火始点推迟，燃烧反应速率降低，缸内爆发压力降低．燃料辛烷值增高，均质压燃向大负荷工况拓宽，燃料辛烷值较高时，存在极限转速，辛烷值增加，极限转速降低．对于每一工况，存在一个最佳经济性的燃料辛烷值，负荷增大，最佳辛烷值增高；随着燃料辛烷值增高，发动机NO、HC和CO排放增加，尤其是HC排放增加更为明显．对于均质压燃发动机，低负荷工况适合燃用低辛烷值燃料，高负荷工况适合燃用高辛烷值燃料。     

不同海拔下VGT对含氧燃料柴油机性能的影响

利用大气压力模拟装置,试验研究了可变几何截面涡轮增压器(VGT)对高压共轨柴油机分别燃用纯柴油和生物柴油-乙醇-柴油(BED)含氧燃料的经济性、排放特性及燃烧特性的影响。结果表明:随着海拔的升高,柴油机经济性恶化,氮氧化物(NO_x)排放降低,而一氧化碳(CO)和碳氢化合物(HC)排放及烟度升高。燃用纯柴油与含氧燃料,随着VGT喷嘴环开度的增大,柴油机的经济性均有不同程度的恶化,而CO、HC排放及排气烟度也都有不同程度的升高。在高海拔地区,燃用纯柴油的经济性优于含氧燃料,但使用含氧燃料有助于改善柴油机的CO、HC排放及烟度。在中等负荷工况下,NO_x排放随着VGT喷嘴环开度的增大呈现先减小后增大的趋势;在高负荷工况下,放热率峰值和最高气缸压力均随着VGT喷嘴环开度的增大而降低,从而降低了NO_x排放。     

乙醇柴油混合燃料发动机的经济性和排放特性的试验研究

在一YC6J170-21车用六缸发动机上进行了添加助溶剂（正丁醇）情况下,无水乙醇与市售0#柴油的混合燃料对柴油机经济性和排放特性影响的研究。试验结果表明：柴油机燃用乙醇柴油混合燃料的油耗率比纯柴油高,并且随乙醇比例的增大油耗率增大,但混合燃料的等热值当量油耗率与纯柴油相差不大,混合燃料的有效热效率比纯柴油高。柴油机燃用乙醇柴油混合燃料后,NOx和碳烟排放大幅度降低,且随着混合燃料中乙醇比例的增加,下降效果明显。柴油机燃用乙醇柴油混合燃料对CO的排放改善不明显,CO排放与原机相当。柴油机燃用乙醇柴油混合燃料后,HC排放比原机增大,且HC排放与混合燃料中乙醇比例及发动机工况有关,乙醇比例越高,HC排放也基本越大。     

运行工况对基础燃料均质压燃燃烧过程影响的试验研究

在一台经改装的单缸直喷式柴油机上进行了不同辛烷值基础燃料下发动机转速对均质压燃（HCCI）燃烧特性、工况范围和排放特性影响的试验研究。研究结果表明：发动机转速升高，不同辛烷值燃料着火燃烧时刻推迟，以曲轴转角计算的燃烧持续期延长，高辛烷值燃料的缸内最大爆发压力和缸内温度降低；在中间转速，HCCI实现的最高平均指示压力最大，高转速工况，最高平均指示压力降低；对于低辛烷值燃料，转速对燃烧效率影响不大，转速升高，指示热效率增大；对于高辛烷值燃料，转速升高燃烧效率降低，指示热效率在中间转速最高，高转速降低。排放测试表明，转速升高使得HCCI运转的HC和CO排放都升高，NOx排放则逐渐降低。     

DME/LPG燃料比例实时优化的HCCI燃烧控制新方法

根据燃料设计的思想，提出了混合燃料比例实时优化的HCCI燃烧控制新方法。在一台2135柴油机上，通过燃料成分设计（DME／LPG混合燃料）、混合气成分设计（进气添加二氧化碳）、发动机参数调整（改变压缩比）等多种模式对二甲醚HCCI燃烧进行了研究和比较。试验结果表明，在不同工况下实时进行DME／LPG比例优化，通过改变燃料的理化特性和可燃混合气的成分，实现了HCCI着火与燃烧的有效控制，能够显著拓展二甲醚HCCI燃烧的运行负荷范围，并且各个工况下热效率最高、HC和CO排放最低。     

柴油机燃用柴油/二甲氧基甲烷混合燃料的性能与排放研究

开展了柴油机燃用柴油／二甲氧基甲烷混合燃料的性能与排放研究。研究结果表明，随着燃料中二甲氧基甲烷掺混比例的增加，有效燃油消耗率有所增加，但折算成当量柴油的有效燃油消耗率降低，有效热效率增加。在同一工况下，发动机排气碳烟随二甲氧基甲烷的加入而降低，NOχ则无明显的上升；CO排放也随着二甲氧基甲烷的增加而降低。     

燃烧相位与EGR协同控制对宽馏程燃料预混压燃燃烧和排放的影响

将汽油、柴油按一定比例进行混合制得不同着火性及挥发性的宽馏程燃料,试验研究了宽馏程燃料预混压燃燃烧及排放特性,分析了燃烧相位、废气再循环(EGR)及汽油掺入比例对预混压燃发动机燃烧及排放的影响规律,确定了核心燃烧边界条件对燃烧、排放的影响程度及范围.结果表明:汽油掺入比例对燃烧及排放均有显著影响,随汽油掺入比例增加,滞燃期延长,燃烧持续期相应缩短,有利于增大预混合燃烧量,降低排气烟度,并改善燃烧定容性.但在小负荷工况下,汽油掺入比例过大会导致CO、HC排放物增加,燃烧效率降低,进而引起热效率下降.通过采用汽油掺混体积比为40%的混合燃料,并合理控制燃烧相位,可在一定范围内保证较高的燃烧效率及燃油经济性.利用燃烧相位与EGR的协同控制策略,可在不降低热效率的情况下,进一步改善压燃式发动机排放特性,同时降低NOx及微粒排放.     

增压柴油机燃用生物柴油的排放特性

通过对比实验研究了增压柴油机燃烧生物柴油和普通柴油对发动机动力性、经济性和排放特性的影响,研究结果表明：对于实验发动机,在对喷油泵不做任何调整时,直接燃烧生物柴油对柴油机动力性的影响小于5％;无论在全负荷还是在部分负荷工况下,燃用生物柴油均能大幅度降低柴油机的排气可见污染物、PT、CO和HC排放,但会引起NOx排放量的上升,通过适当推迟喷油提前角能明显降低燃用生物柴油时发动机的COx排放,同时还能保留排气可见污染物低、PT、CO和HC排放低的优点,但对发动机动力性的影响却不大,研究表明生物柴油是理想的可再生清洁燃料。     

Effect of hythane enrichment on performance,emission and combustion characteristics of an ci engine

Although compression ignition engines have high torque output and thermal efficiency, they emit lots of NO_x and smoke emissions. Moreover, total number and percentage of compression ignition engine powered vehicles in road vehicles have been increasing recent years which is called as dieselisation in EEA term reports. Dieselisation is really hazardous for human life and environment. Therefore, some governments in Europe take action to forbid using diesel engine powered vehicles in city centers. Hydrogen and methane mixture which is named as hythane can be an alternative to restrict this negative situation. For this reason, 90% methane and 10% hydrogen gas mixture was used as additional fuel in diesel engine. According to obtained results, smoke emission was decreased 95.44% at the rate of 50% gaseous fuel at 2100 rpm engine speed. However, increase of THC, CO and NO_x emissions with hythane addition weren't prevented. Using hythane in conventional diesel engines as dual operation mode will be solution to diminish dieselisation problem in near feature.     

A modified diesel engine for natural gas operation: Performance and emission tests

A diesel engine was modified for natural gas operation to optimize performance using gaseous fuel. A variation of combustion ratios (CR) including 9.0:1, 9.5:1, 10.0:1 and 10.5:1 was utilized to evaluate engine performance and emissions from the same engine over the engine speeds between 1000 and 4000 rpm. Tested engine performance parameters include brake torque, brake power, specific fuel consumption (SFC) and brake thermal efficiency. Emissions tests recorded total hydrocarbon (THC), nitrogen oxides (NO_x) and carbon monoxide (CO). The results showed that a CR of 9.5:1 had the highest thermal efficiency and the lowest SFC while a CR of 10:1 showed a high torque at low speed. THC emissions were directly proportional to the CR. NO_x emissions increased with increasing CR and then declined after a CR of 10:1.     

Assessment of combustion and exhaust emissions in a common-rail diesel engine fueled with methane and hydrogen/methane mixtures under different compression ratio

This study investigates the potential usage of the methane and hydrogen enriched methane in a turbocharged common-rail direct injection diesel engine. Methane and hydrogen/methane mixtures are sent through the air intake manifold of the engine. The engine is operated at four different loads and three different compression ratios. Results are compared amongst single diesel and dual-fuel operations at different compression ratios and load conditions. Compared to diesel, dual-fuel operations mostly generate higher and advanced peak in-cylinder gas pressure, more combustion noise, late pilot injection and start of combustion, advanced combustion center, substantial variations at ignition delay and combustion duration, a significant increase in cyclic variations at low and medium loads, and earlier heat release. Hydrogen enrichment decreases evidently specific fuel consumption. Concerning emissions, compared to diesel operation, dual-fuel operations produce higher total hydrocarbon (THC) and nitrogen oxides (NO_x) but lower carbon dioxide (CO₂). Hydrogen substitutions decrease THC and CO₂ emissions of methane dual-fuel operations approximately between 9-29% and 1–32%, respectively. Smoke emission of dual-fuel operations is less than that of diesel at low and medium loads, whereas it sharply increases at high load. Knocking occurs at high compression ratio and load conditions with dual-fuel operations and dramatically increases with increasing hydrogen ratio. Decreasing the compression ratio notably reduces the combustion noise as well as some emissions, such as NO_x, CO₂ and smoke, for entire load ranges of dual-fuel and diesel operations.     

Physico-chemical properties of ethanol–diesel blend fuel and its effect on performance and emissions of diesel engines

The effects of different ethanol–diesel blended fuels on the performance and emissions of diesel engines have been evaluated experimentally and compared in this paper. The purpose of this project is to find the optimum percentage of ethanol that gives simultaneously better performance and lower emissions. The experiments were conducted on a water-cooled single-cylinder Direct Injection (DI) diesel engine using 0% (neat diesel fuel), 5% (E5–D), 10% (E10–D), 15% (E15–D), and 20% (E20–D) ethanol–diesel blended fuels. With the same rated power for different blended fuels and pure diesel fuel, the engine performance parameters (including power, torque, fuel consumption, and exhaust temperature) and exhaust emissions [Bosch smoke number, CO, NO_x, total hydrocarbon (THC)] were measured. The results indicate that: the brake specific fuel consumption and brake thermal efficiency increased with an increase of ethanol contents in the blended fuel at overall operating conditions; smoke emissions decreased with ethanol–diesel blended fuel, especially with E10–D and E15–D. CO and NO_x emissions reduced for ethanol–diesel blends, but THC increased significantly when compared to neat diesel fuel.     

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.     

Engine combustion and emission fuelled with natural gas: A review

Natural gas (NG) is one of the most important and successful alternative fuels for vehicles. Engine combustion and emission fuelled with natural gas have been reviewed by NG/gasoline bi-fuel engine, pure NG engine, NG/diesel dual fuel engine and HCNG engine. Compared to using gasoline, bi-fuel engine using NG exhibits higher thermal efficiency; produces lower HC, CO and PM emissions and higher NOx emission. The bi-fuel mode can not fully exert the advantages of NG. Optimization of structure design for engine chamber, injection parameters including injection timing, injection pressure and multi injection, and lean burn provides a technological route to achieve high efficiency, low emissions and balance between HC and NOx. Compared to diesel, NG/diesel dual fuel engine exhibits longer ignition delay; has lower thermal efficiency at low and partial loads and higher at medium and high loads; emits higher HC and CO emissions and lower PM and NOx emissions. The addition of hydrogen can further improve the thermal efficiency and decrease the HC, CO and PM emissions of NG engine, while significantly increase the NOx emission. In each mode, methane is the major composition of THC emission and it has great warming potential. Methane emission can be decreased by hydrogen addition and after-treatment technology.     

Performance and emission characteristics of CIE using hydrogen,biodiesel, and massive EGR

Hydrogen is considered as an excellent energy carrier and can be used in diesel engines that operate in dual fuel mode. Many studies have shown that biodiesel, which is sustainable, clean, and safe, a good alternative to fossil fuel. However, tests have confirmed that using biodiesel or hydrogen as a fuel or added fuel in compression ignition engines increases NOx concentrations. Cooled or hot exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) effectively controls the NOx outflows of diesel engines. However, this technique is restricted by high particulate matter PM emissions and the low thermal efficiency of diesel engines.In this study, gaseous hydrogen was added to the intake manifold of a diesel engine that uses biodiesel fuel as pilot fuel. The investigation was conducted under heavy-EGR conditions. An EGR system was modified to achieve the highest possible control on the EGR ratio and temperature. Hot EGR was recirculated directly from the engine exhaust to the intake manifold. A heat exchanger was utilized to maintain the temperature of the cooled EGR at 25 °C.The supplied hydrogen increased NOx concentrations in the exhaust gas emissions and high EGR rates reduced the brake thermal efficiency. The reduction in NOx emissions depended on the added hydrogen and the EGR ratios when compared with pure diesel combustion. Adding hydrogen to significant amounts of recycled exhaust gas reduced the CO, PM, and unburned hydrocarbon (HC) emissions significantly. Results showed that using hydrogen and biodiesel increases engine noise, which is reduced by adding high levels of EGR.     

A numerical study on the effects of constant volume combustion phase on performance and emissions characteristics of a diesel-hydrogen dual-fuel engine

A detailed numerical study is carried out to investigate the performance of a diesel-hydrogen dual fuel (DF) compression ignition engine operating under a novel combustion strategy in which diesel injection and most of the combustion occur at a constant volume. A detailed validation of the numerical model for diesel-hydrogen DF engine operation has been carried out. Then a parametric study has been performed to investigate the effects of the constant volume combustion phase (CVCP) at up to 90% hydrogen energy share (HES) on engine performance and emissions at low and high load with comparisons to the conventional engine. The results demonstrate that the CVCP strategy can improve thermal efficiency at all HESs and load conditions with far lower carbon-based emissions. Conventional DF engines struggle at low load high HESs due to the reduced diesel injection failing to ignite the leaner premixed charge. Through use of a CVCP thermal efficiency at low load 90% HES increased from 11% to 38% with considerably reduced hydrogen emission due to the increased temperatures and pressures allowing for the wholesale ignition of the hydrogen-air mix. It was also found that increasing the time allowed for combustion within the CVCP, by advancing the diesel injection, can lead to even further thermal efficiency gains while not negatively impacting emissions.     

Influence of pentanol and dimethyl ether blending with diesel on the combustion performance and emission characteristics in a compression ignition engine under low temperature combustion mode

Dimethyl ether (DME) and n-pentanol can be derived from non-food based biomass feedstock without unsettling food supplies and thus attract increasing attention as promising alternative fuels, yet some of their unique fuel properties different from diesel may significantly affect engine operation and thus limit their direct usage in diesel engines. In this study, the influence of n-pentanol, DME and diesel blends on the combustion performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine under low-temperature combustion (LTC) mode was evaluated at various engine loads (0.2–0.8 MPa BMEP) and two Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) levels (15% and 30%). Three test blends were prepared by adding different proportions of DME and n-pentanol in baseline diesel and termed as D85DM15, D65P35, and D60DM20P20 respectively. The results showed that particulate matter (PM) mass and size-resolved PM number concentration were lower for D85DM15 and D65P35 and the least for D60DM20P20 compared with neat diesel. D60DM20P20 turned out to generate the lowest NO_x emissions among the test blends at high engine load, and it further reduced by approximately 56% and 32% at low and medium loads respectively. It was found that the combination of medium EGR (15%) level and D60DM20P20 blend could generate the lowest NO_x and PM emissions among the tested oxygenated blends with a slight decrease in engine performance. THC and CO emissions were higher for oxygenated blends than baseline diesel and the addition of EGR further exacerbated these gaseous emissions. This study demonstrated a great potential of n-pentanol, DME and diesel (D60DM20P20) blend in compression ignition engines with optimum combustion and emission characteristics under low temperature combustion mode, yet long term durability and commercial viability have not been considered.     

Investigating the emissions during acceleration of a turbocharged diesel engine operating with bio-diesel or n-butanol diesel fuel blends

Control of transient emissions from turbocharged diesel engines is an important objective for automotive manufacturers, since stringent criteria for exhaust emission levels must be met as dictated by the legislated transient cycles. On the other hand, bio-fuels are getting impetus today as renewable substitutes for conventional fuels (diesel fuel or gasoline), especially in the transport domain. In the present work, experimental tests are conducted on a turbocharged truck diesel engine in order to investigate the formation mechanism of NO (nitric oxide) and smoke under various accelerating schedules experienced during daily driving conditions. To this aim, a fully instrumented test bed was set up in order to capture the development of key engine and turbocharger variables during the transient events using ultra-fast response instrumentation for the instantaneous measurement of the exhaust NO and smoke opacity. Apart from the baseline diesel fuel, the engine was operated with a blend of diesel fuel with 30% bio-diesel, and a blend of diesel fuel with 25% n-butanol. Analytical diagrams are provided to explain the behavior of emissions development in conjunction with turbocharger and fueling response. Unsurprisingly, turbocharger lag was found to be the main culprit for the emissions spikes during all test cases examined. The differences in the measured exhaust emissions of the two bio-fuel/diesel fuel blends, both leading to serious smoke reductions but also NO increases compared with the baseline operation of the engine were determined and compared. The differing physical and chemical properties of bio-diesel and n-butanol against those of the diesel fuel, together with the formation mechanisms of NO and soot were used for the analysis and interpretation of the experimental findings concerning transient emissions.