EFFECTS OF INJECTION STRATEGY ON D.I. DIESEL ENGINE COMBUSTION

Experiments are conducted to develop an understanding of how split injections can affect the combustion and emission characteristics of a D.I. diesel engine with a common-rail injection system. The ratio of the amount of fuel injected between two injection pulses and the injection interval is varied keeping the injected fuel quantity constant. Results show that under the 70D90-10 injection pattern, the engine achieves the lower NOx-smoke emissions and BSFC compared with the single injection pattern. The heat release rate and the temperature show that the split injections increase the initial premixed burn and retards the diffusion burn. With the balance of these two effects, the maximum in-cylinder temperature decreases while the 50% heat release point is held at almost the same crank angle. Therefore, both NOx emission and BSFC are improved while keeping the smoke emission at the same level.

Improvement of engine performance with high compression ratio based on knock suppression using Miller cycle with boost pressure and split injection

In theory,high compression ratio has the potential to improve the thermal efficiency and promote the power output of the SI engine.However,the application of high compression ratio is substantially limited by the knock in practical working process.The objective of this work is to comprehensively investigate the application of high compression ratio on a gasoline engine based on the Miller cycle with boost pressure and split injection.In this work,the specific optimum strategies for CR10 and CR12 were experimentally investigated respectively on a single cylinder DISI engine.It was found that a high level of Miller cycle with a higher boost pressure could be used in CR12 to achieve an effective compression ratio similar to CR10,which could eliminate the knock limits at a high compression ratio and high load.To verify the advantages of the high compression ratio,the fuel economy and power performance of CR10 and CR12 were compared at full and partial loads.The result revealed that,compared with CR10,a similar power performance and a reduced fuel consumption of CR12 at foil load could be achieved by using the strong Miller cycle and split injection.At partial load,the conditions of CR12 had very superior fuel economy and power performance compared to those of CR10.

Pressure-Based Approach to Estimating the Injection Start and End in Single and Split Common Rail Injection Processes

Fuel injection timing is an important control parameter for engine combustion optimization and emissions control. However, the actual fuel injection timing is different from the nominal one commanded by the electronic control unit, due to the system hydraulic lag or the possible communication malfunction. In this study,a simple estimate approach based on the injector inlet pressure is proposed to capture four critical characteristic instants at the start and end of injection. The critical characteristic moments estimated using this pressure-based approach are validated against those determined by the actual injection rate profiles, in the context of different single or split injection processes. The comparison revealed that the characteristic injection moments estimated by the injector inlet pressures and those determined by the actual injection rate profiles have a satisfactory agreement, certifying the broad applicability and reliability of this pressure-based approach in the detection of the real fuel injection start and end time.

Numerical study of the effects of split injection strategy and swirl ratio for biodiesel PCCI combustion and emissions

New methods have been studied in the past few decades to decrease exhaust emissions and fuel consumption of diesel engines.Using new combustion methods as low-temperature combustion(LTC)strategies and also utilizing new fuels as bio-diesel are beneficial ways to overcome diesel engine issues.This numerical study focused on the effect of split injection strategies as well as swirl ratio(SR)on the biodiesel premixed charge compression ignition(PCCI)combustion process and the related emissions.In this regard,KIVA-3V code as a CFD tool has been utilized to analyze the combustion and emission characteristics of the diesel engine.Single and split injection strategies have been executed on biodiesel PCCI combustion and have been compared in order to probe and examine the injection strategies.The results show that in both strategies,advancing the injection timing can lower the combustion emission and improve the engine performance by optimizing the start of injection(SOI)as sweet spot value.Utilizing a high swirl ratio with the split injection strategy has a negative effect on overall combustion,emission,and performance in comparison with the single injection strategy.For multi-injection scheme,SOI=−35 ATDC,SR=1.1,and for single injection scheme,SOI=−40 ATDC,SR=1.1 are considered as optimum cases regarding minimum total exhaust emissions and highest performance.