Clean, Controlled DI Diesel Combustion Using Dilute, Cool Charge Gas and a Short-Ignition-Delay, Oxygenated Fuel Sandia National Laboratories

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Upatnieks, Ansis, author.

Conference Name:

SAE 2005 World Congress & Exhibition (2005-04-11 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2005

Summary:

The influence of charge-gas dilution and cooling on incylinder combustion processes and engine-out smoke and NOx emissions was experimentally investigated in an optically accessible heavy-duty diesel engine using diethylene glycol diethyl ether (DGE) fuel, a viable diesel oxygenate. In-cylinder pressure and natural luminosity were measured simultaneously with engine-out smoke and NOx while varying the temperature, density, and nitrogen dilution of the charge gas; the quantity of fuel injected; and the injection timing. Measurements obtained using DGE at a reduced charge-gas temperature and with nitrogen dilution were compared to measurements obtained at typical diesel operating conditions using DGE and using a diesel reference fuel.The results demonstrate that low-temperature combustion with near-zero engine-out smoke and NOx emissions can be achieved using a traditional directinjection strategy combined with charge-gas dilution, cooling, and use of a short-ignition-delay, oxygenated fuel. Engine-out NOx emissions are 0.17 g/ihp-hr at 12 bar IMEP and 1200 rpm. The variation of exhaust NOx with charge-gas nitrogen dilution is correlated with calculated equilibrium NOx levels in nitrogen-diluted adiabatic flames, suggesting that the measured NOx reductions are the result of reduced flame temperatures. This type of low-temperature combustion offers the emissions benefits of homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) without the corresponding combustion-phasing control problems, since ignition timing is controlled by fuel-injection timing. Cylinder-pressure characteristics are relatively insensitive to injection timing, intake temperature, or dilution level. Combustion phasing is easily optimized for efficiency without serious constraints due to cylinder-pressure limitations. Furthermore, the present strategy has the potential to be used throughout the entire load range, eliminating complications associated with the transition between a low-temperature combustion mode at low loads and a more-traditional mode at high loads

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Publisher Number:

2005-01-0363

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