Solid particulate mass and number from ducted fuel injection in an optically accessible diesel engine in skip-fired operation
| Autor: | Christopher W. Nilsen, Charles J. Mueller, William F. Northrop, Drummond Biles, Brady M. Wilmer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Materials science
Particle number 020209 energy Mechanical Engineering Nuclear engineering Aerospace Engineering Ocean Engineering 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Particulates Fuel injection Combustion Diesel engine medicine.disease_cause 01 natural sciences Soot Diesel fuel Automotive Engineering Particle-size distribution 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering medicine 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Engine Research. 23:1226-1236 |
| ISSN: | 2041-3149 1468-0874 |
| Popis: | Ducted fuel injection (DFI) is a novel combustion strategy that has been shown to significantly attenuate soot formation in diesel engines. While previous studies have used optical diagnostics and optical filter smoke number methods to show that DFI reduces in-cylinder soot formation and engine-out soot emissions, respectively, this is the first study to measure solid particle number (PN) emissions in addition to particle mass (PM). Furthermore, this study quantitatively evaluates the use of transient particle instruments for measuring particles from skip-fired operation in an optical single cylinder research engine (SCRE). Engine-out PN was measured using an engine exhaust particle sizer following a catalytic stripper, and PM was measured using a photoacoustic analyzer. The study improves on earlier preliminary emissions studies by clearly showing that DFI reduces overall PM by 76%–79% and PN for particles larger than 23 nm by 77% relative to conventional diesel combustion at a 1200-rpm, 13.3-bar gross indicated mean effective pressure operating condition. The degree of engine-out PM reduction with DFI was similar across both particulate measurement instruments used in the work. Through the use of bimodal distribution fitting, DFI was also shown to reduce the geometric mean diameter of accumulation mode particles by 26%, similar to the effects of increased injection pressure in conventional diesel combustion systems. This work clearly shows the significant solid particulate matter reductions enabled by DFI while also demonstrating that engine-out PN can be accurately measured from an optical SCRE operating in a skip-fired mode. Based on these results, it is believed that DFI has the potential to enable fuel savings when implemented in multi-cylinder engines, both by lowering the required frequency of active diesel particulate filter regeneration, and by reducing the backpressure imposed by exhaust filtration systems. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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