Effect of exhaust gas recirculation and intake pre-heating on performance and emission characteristics of dual fuel engines at part loads

Achieving simultaneous reduction of NOx,CO and unburned hydrocarbon(UHC) emissions without compromising engine performance at part loads is the current focus of dual fuel engine research.The present work focuses on an experimental investigation conducted on a dual fuel(diesel-natural gas) engine to examine the simultaneous effect of inlet air pre-heating and exhaust gas recirculation(EGR) ratio on performance and emission characteristics at part loads.The use of EGR at high levels seems to be unable to improve the engine performance at part loads.However,it is shown that EGR combined with pre-heating of inlet air can slightly increase thermal efficiency,resulting in reduced levels of both unburned hydrocarbon and NOx emissions.CO and UHC emissions are reduced by 24% and 31%,respectively,The NOx emissions decrease by 21% because of the lower combustion temperature due to the much inert gas brought by EGR and decreased oxygen concentration in the cylinder.

Combustion and emission characteristics of diesel/n-butanol blends with split-injection and exhaust gas recirculation stratification

Oxygen fuels have broad application prospects and great potential for realizing efficient and clean combustion,and hence this study applies diesel/n-butanol blends to explore the influence of split-injection strategy on combustion and emission characteristics.Simultaneously,changing the way of exhaust gas recirculation(EGR)gas introduction forms uneven in-cylinder components distribution,and utilizing EGR stratification optimizes the combustion process and allows better emission results.The results show that the split-injection strategy can reduce the NO_(x)emissions and keep smoke opacity low compared with the single injection,but the rise in accumulation mode particles is noticeable.NO_(x)emissions show an upward trend as the injection interval expands,while soot emissions are significantly reduced.The increase in pre-injection proportion causes the apparent low-temperature heat release,and the two-stage heat release can be observed during the process of main combustion heat release.More pre-injection mass makes NO_(x)gradually increase,but smoke opacity reaches the lowest point at 15%pre-injection proportion.EGR stratification can optimize the emission results under the split injection strategy,especially the considerable suppression of accumulation mode particulate emissions.Above all,fuel stratification coupled with EGR stratification is beneficial for further realizing the in-cylinder purification of pollutants.

Collaborative optimization of exhaust gas recirculation and Miller cycle of two-stage turbocharged marine diesel engines based on particle swarm optimization

To meet increasingly stringent emission standards and lower the brake-specific fuel consumption(BSFC)of marine engines,a collaborative optimization study of exhaust gas recirculation(EGR)and a Miller cycle coupled turbocharging system was carried out.In this study,a one-dimensional numerical model of the EGR,Miller cycle,and adjustable two-stage turbocharged engine based on WeiChai 6170 marine diesel engine was established.The particle swarm optimization algorithm was used to achieve multi-input and multi-objective comprehensive optimization,and the effects of EGR-coupled Miller regulation and high-pressure turbine bypass regulation on NO_(x)and BSFC were investigated.The results showed that a medium EGR rate-coupled medium Miller degree was better for the comprehensive optimization of NO_(x)and BSFC.At medium EGR rate and low turbine bypass rates,NO_(x)and BSFC were relatively balanced and acceptable.Finally,an optimal steady-state control strategy under full loads was proposed.With an increase in loads,the optimized turbine bypass rate and Miller degree gradually increased.Compared with the EGRonly system,the optimal system of EGR and Miller cycle coupled turbine bypass reduced NO_(x)by 0.87 g/(kW·h)and BSFC by 17.19 g/(kW·h)at 100%load.Therefore,the EGR and Miller cycle coupled adjustable two-stage turbocharging achieves NO_(x)and BSFC optimization under full loads.

EFFECTS OF COOLED EXTERNAL EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION ON DIESEL HOMOGENEOUS CHARGE COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE

The effects of cooled external exhaust gas recirculation （EGR） on the combustion and emission performance of diesel fuel homogeneous charge compression ignition （HCCI） are studied. Homogeneous mixture is formed by injecting fuel in-cylinder in the negative valve overlap （NVO） period. So, the HCCI combustion which has low NOx and smoke emission is achieved. Cooled external EGR can delay the start of combustion effectively, which is very useful for high cetane fuel （diesel） HCCI, because these fuels can easily self-ignition, which makes the start of combustion more early. External EGR can avoid the knock combustion of HCCI at high load which means that the EGR can expand the high load limit. HCCI maintains low smoke emission at various EGR rate and various load compared with conventional diesel engine because there is no fuel-rich area in cylinder.

EGR的热效应和稀释效应对柴油机燃烧和排放的影响

以改进的KIVA-3V程序为计算平台,在转速为1,600,r/min,每循环喷油量为52.8,mg工况下,分别进行了EGR的热效应和稀释效应对柴油机燃烧和排放影响的数值模拟.结果表明,EGR的热效应对滞燃期影响较大,而稀释效应成为制约最高爆发压力和缸内温度的主要因素,且随着氧气体积分数的降低,热效应对最高爆发压力的影响增强;EGR导致碳烟排放增加是由于EGR的稀释效应,低温燃烧时碳烟排放的降低是EGR的稀释效应和热效应相互作用的结果;相比稀释效应,EGR的热效应是实现低温燃烧的主要因素,高进气热容更易改善NOx和碳烟排放的折衷关系.

基于1D/3D耦合仿真的汽油机EGR均匀性优化

基于某4缸带外部废气再循环(exhaust gas recycle,EGR)功能的自然吸气汽油机,采用1D热力学和3DCFD耦合仿真的方法研究了部分负荷工况各缸EGR分配的均匀性,并在性能台架上研究了EGR分配不均对各缸燃烧速度的影响。研究结果表明:缸内实际EGR均匀性不仅与EGR系统设计有关,同时也受到各缸进气的均匀性的影响;EGR的不合理分配会导致各缸燃烧速率不均,继而增大燃烧循环波动率。基于所建立的1D/3D耦合分析方法,对EGR分配孔板结构进行了详细仿真优化,EGR分配均匀性得到显著改善。在随后的试验中,各缸燃烧一致性明显改善。

柴油机EGR瞬态参数采集处理与诊断系统

基于PCL-818HG型总线数据采集卡和S3C2410型高性能低功耗微处理器,开发了一种便携式柴油机废气再循环(exhaust gas recycle,简称EGR)瞬态参数的采集与诊断系统。运用DASYLab和Linux软件编写接口、标定与诊断程序,实现了对柴油机EGR系统的位移、压力、温度和转速等信号实时采集、处理与诊断等功能。依据柴油机瞬态测试循环法进行增压柴油机废气再循环系统的EGR阀自诊断、EGR率过大诊断和瞬态响应特性等试验。结果表明,该系统性能可靠、处理能力强、诊断精度高,能满足增压柴油机EGR性能瞬态参数的采集与诊断要求。

重型柴油机EGR支架的轻量化改进研究

针对某重型柴机EGR整体模态低、局部应力大等问题,对重型柴油机EGR支架进行了有限元分析和轻量化改进。利用ANSA软件,对某重型柴油机EGR冷却器、支架及卡箍等进行了网格划分;利用ABAQUS软件,对EGR前五阶模态和XYZ三向高加速度下的支架应力进行了有限元分析;基于压铸铝合金抗拉强度要求以及设计需求,提出了去除支架底板冗余部分、调整加强筯位置、增加螺栓孔凸台、减薄支架侧板和加厚支架底板等轻量化改进措施,并利用有限元分析和试验的方法研究了轻量改进效果。研究结果表明:基于有限元分析进行的EGR支架轻量化改进效果明显,较原方案质量下降35.5%,EGR整体模态上升43%,高加速度下的最大应力下降62%,说明基于有限元分析的轻量化改进是可行的,能为汽车零部件轻量化研究提供参考。

解析轿车汽油机EGR控制方式

解析了轿车汽油机EGR控制方式应用特点及存在问题,应合理运用EGR,以降低NOx排放,减少环境污染。

Numerical simulation and optimization design of the EGR cooler in vehicle

The EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) technique can greatly reduce the NOx emission of diesel engines, especially when an EGR cooler is employed. Numerical simulations are applied to study the flow field and temperature distributions inside the EGR cooler. Three different models of EGR cooler are investigated, among which model A is a traditional one, and models B and C are improved by adding a helical baffle in the cooling area. In models B and C the entry directions of cooling water are different, which mostly influences the flow resistance. The results show that the improved structures not only lengthen the flow path of the cooling water, but also enhance the heat exchange rate between the cool and hot media. In conclusion we suggest that the improved structures are more powerful than the traditional one.

基于流固耦合的EGR冷却器失效分析及优化研究

针对某板翅式废气再循环(EGR)冷却器出现的开裂问题,对EGR冷却器进行了基于流固耦合的失效分析及结构优化。基于Fluent与ABAQUS,建立了EGR冷却器流固耦合分析流程,对EGR冷却器内流场、固体部分进行了流体力学与有限元流固耦合计算,对流体温度、传热系数与固体温度、热应力、等效塑性应变、应力幅之间的联系进行了研究,得出了EGR冷却器失效形式为循环热载荷导致的高应力低周疲劳断裂;利用电境扫描得到了微观断口形貌,对流固耦合分析结果进行了验证,并提出了在冷却管两侧加装副主片以减少单位面积受力的优化方案。研究结果表明:基于Fluent与ABAQUS的流固耦合计算,对于EGR冷却器的失效分析及优化是可行的。

柴油机EGR电控系统及标定软件设计

为降低NOx排放,根据废气再循环(EGR)技术系统的工作特点和功能要求,以C8051F340为控制核心,设计了基于步进电机的EGR电控系统。具体给出了控制系统的硬件电路设计和主控制程序,并应用Visual Basic 6.0为EGR系统标定试验和台架试验开发了标定软件。在考虑信号抗干扰能力的前提下,重点讨论了电控系统软硬件的结构与设计。模拟试验分析表明,所设计的EGR电控系统能够根据最佳废气再循环率进行自动控制,标定软件满足应用要求。

微粒群算法在干燥器多变量优化设计中的应用

建立了以具有废气循环的回转干燥系统年总费用为目标函数的优化设计数学模型,在此基础上探讨了惯性权因子对微粒群算法性能的影响,并应用微粒群算法求解干燥器优化设计数学模型,对干燥器出口废气温度与循环比进行优化设计。结果表明,带动态非线性惯性因子的微粒群算法对求解多变量的干燥优化设计问题具有方法简单、所需微粒群规模小、收敛速度快等特点;采用部分废气循环并进行优化设计对干燥系统的节能具有十分重要的意义,对湿空气出口温度和废气循环比进行优化设计,其年总费用比无废气循环的常规设计节省18．2%,比循环比为0．2时的常规设计节省12．6%。

喷水过程对内燃兰金循环发动机燃烧稳定性影响的试验研究

基于自主研发的内燃兰金循环发动机试验系统,采用曲轴转角压力变动系数法及其他传统分析方法相结合,对不同边界条件下内燃兰金循环燃烧稳定性进行试验分析研究。研究结果表明:曲轴转角压力变动系数可同时反映喷水造成的燃烧瞬态及循环整体波动。发动机在喷水的作用区间内产生明显的燃烧波动,燃烧相位后移,总体燃烧稳定性降低,但循环做功量增加。不同放热区间喷水所造成的瞬态燃烧波动幅值和形式皆有所不同,燃烧放热开始和结束后喷水将导致燃烧稳定性变差。提高氧气比例及适当减小喷水脉宽有利于提高发动机的燃烧稳定性。

Influence of Exhaust Gas Recirculation on Low-Load Diesel Engine Performance

In the condition of constant speed and light load, an experimental study of a turbocharged and intercooled diesel engine with exhaust gas recirculation （EGR） system focuses on the influence of different EGR rates on combustion process, dynamic performance, economic performance and emission performance of a diesel engine. With the increase of EGR rate, the oxygen concentration of the intake-side decreases, the fuel air equivalence ratio increases, and the maximum explosion pressure in the cylinder decreases. Meanwhile, the average temperature in the cylinder drops, the ignition delay is prolonged, the ignition timing delays, and the maximum heat release rate decreases. The increase of EGR rate makes NOx emissions decrease obviously and continue to decline. When EGR is low, the smoke rate enlarges slowly with the increase of EGR rate, and enlarges greatly at the rate higher than 43% and reaches the maximum at the rate of 57%. When EGR rate is higher than 61%, the smoke rate drops rapidly, and the content of CO and hydrocarbon （HC） increases rapidly with high EGR rate.

Combustion analysis of a hydrogen-diesel fuel operated DI diesel engine with exhaust gas recirculation

The rapid depletion of fossil fuel and growing demand necessitates researchers to find alternative fuels which are clean and sustainable. The need for finding renewable, low cost and environmentally friendly fuel resources can never be understated. An efficient method of generation and storage of hydrogen will enable automotive manufacturers to introduce hydrogen fuelled engine in the market. In this paper, a conventional DI diesel engine was modified to operate as gas engine. The intake manifold of the engine was supplied with hydrogen along with recirculated exhaust gas and air. The injection rates of hydrogen were maintained at three levels with 2 L/min, 4 L/min, 6 L/min and 8 L/min and 10 L/min with an injection pressure of 2 bar. Many of the combustion parameters like heat release rate （HRR）, ignition delay, combustion duration, rate of pressure rise （ROPR）, cumulative heat release rate （CHR）, and cyclic pressure fluctuations were measured. The HRR peak pressure decreased with the increase in EGR rate, while combustion duration increased with the EGR rate. The cyclic pressure variation also increased with the increase in EGR rate.

Nonlinear observer-based control design and experimental validation for gasoline engines with EGR

This paper presents a nonlinear observer-based control design approach for gasoline engines equipped with exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system. A mean value engine model is designed for control which includes both the in take manifold and exhaust manifold dynamic focused on gas mass flows. Then, the nonlinear feedback controller based on the developed model is designed for the state tracking control, and the stability of the close loop system is guaranteed by a constructed Lyapunov function. Since the exhaust manifold pressure is usually unmeasurable in the production engines, a nonlinear observer-based feedback controller is proposed by using standard sensors equipped on the engine, and the asymptotic stability of the both observer dynamic system and control dynamic system are guaranteed with Lyapunov design assisted by the detail analysis of the model. The experimental validations show that the observer-based nonlinear feedback controller is able to regulate the in take pressure and exhaust pressure state to the desired values during both the steady-state and transient conditions quickly by only using the standard sensors.

Effect of exhaust gas recirculation and ethyl hexyl nitrate additive on biodiesel fuelled diesel engine for the reduction of NOx emissions

Cetane improvers reduce the ignition delay, which in turn reduces the combustion temperatures thereby reduce NOx emissions. Exhaust gas recirculation （EGR） proved to be an effective way to reduce the NOx emissions. In this present experimental work, a combination of exhaust gas recirculation and cetane improver ethyl hexyl nitrate （EHN） is used to investigate the performance and exhaust emissions of a single cylinder four stroke naturally aspirated direct injection and air cooled diesel engine. Test results show that the brake thermal efficiency increases with the increase in the percentage of EGR which is accompanied by a reduction in brake specific fuel consumption and exhaust gas temperatures, and that bio- diesel with cetane improver under 20% EGR reduces NOx emissions by 33% when compared to baseline fuel without EGR. However carbon monoxide （CO）, hydro carbon （HC） and smoke emissions increase with an increase in percentage of EGR.

Heat Transfer Enhancement by Vortex Generators for Compact Heat Exchanger of Automobiles

The paper describes the effects of heat transfer enhancement and gas-flow characteristics by wing-type-vortex-generators inside a rectangular gas-flow duct of a plate-fin structure exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooler used in a cooled-EGR system. The analyses are conducted using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The numerical modelling is designed as a gas-flow rectangular duct of an EGR cooler using two fluids with high temperature gas and coolant water whose flow directions are opposite. The gas-flow duct used to separate two fluids is assembled with a stainless steel material. The inlet temperature and velocity of gas flowed inside gas-flow duct are 400°C and 30 m/s, respectively. Coolant water is flowed into two ducts on both a top and a bottom surface of the gas-flow duct, and the inlet temperature and velocity is 80°C and 0.6 m/s, respectively. Wing-type-vortex-generators are designed to achieve good cooling performance and low pressure drop and positioned at the center of the gas-flow duct with angle of inclination from 30 to 150 degrees at every 15 degrees. The temperature distributions and velocity vectors gained from numerical results were compared, and discussed. As a result, it is found that the vortices guided in the proximity of heat transfer surfaces play an important role in the heat transfer enhancement and low pressure drop. The collapse of the vortices is caused by complicated flow induced in the corner constituted by two surfaces inside gas-flow duct.

Simulation of VGT control based on charge oxygen concentration

A turbocharged diesel engine model was built with the GT-Power software,and experimentally verified.Then two different control variables for the control of the variable geometry turbocharger（VGT）were described,and their distinct effects on engine performance,i.e.NOxand soot emissions and fuel consumption,were simulated and compared on the basis of this model.The results showed that NOxemissions decreased obviously with the increase of exhaust gas recirculation（EGR）rate at constant boost pressure condition,but soot emissions and fuel consumption considerably increased.It was a good way to reduce NOxemissions without increasing fuel consumption and soot emissions when VGT was controlled to maintain the excess oxygen ratio unchanged as EGR rate increases.