The Use of Coherence Techniques to Predict the Effect of Engine Operating Parameters on Diesel Engine Noise

1975 ◽  
Vol 97 (4) ◽  
pp. 1227-1233 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. F. Seybert ◽  
M. J. Crocker

A technique is presented in which the effects on noise of changing diesel engine operating parameters can be predicted. Traditionally, the effects have been determined by experiment. The technique presented in this paper utilizes experimentally determined frequency response functions between each cylinder pressure input and the engine noise. Once the frequency responses are measured, the engine noise can be calculated for an arbitrary cylinder pressure input. The effect of injection timing, engine load, and engine speed are predicted using cylinder pressure histories obtained from a single cylinder research engine. Experimental results are presented, showing good agreement with predicted data. It has been found that the measured frequency responses are independent of the cylinder pressure level. Also presented here is the multiple coherence between the cylinder pressures and the engine noise and the ordinary coherence between two typical cylinder pressures.

Author(s):  
Emad Elnajjar ◽  
Mohamed Y. E. Selim ◽  
Farag Omar

Investigating experimentally the effects of different fuel types and engine parameters on the overall generated engine noise levels. Engine parameters such as: Engine speed, Injection timing angle, engine loading, different pilot fuel to gases fuel ratio and engine compression ratio. Engine noises due to combustion, turbulent flow and motoring were reported in this study by direct sound pressure level SPL (dB) measurements and compared to the maximum cylinder pressure rise rate with respect to the engine crank angle (dP/dθ)max. Experimental procedures conducted using a Ricardo diesel version variable compression research engine. The study was conducted for three different fuels: single diesel fuel, and dual fuel engine that uses LPG or natural gas. The study for each fuel type covered the following operating parameters range, engine speed from 20–28 rev/sec, injection timing form 20 to 45° BTDC, compression ratio from 16 to 22, load range 2 to 14 N.m, and ratio of pilot to gaseous fuel from 0 to 10%. The study reported the location (crank angle) corresponding to maximum cylinder pressure and max pressure rise rate. Results from testing dual fuel engine with varying design and operating parameters are presented and discussed. The present work reported higher SPL (dB) generated from burning a dual fuel compared to burning diesel fuel only.


1995 ◽  
Vol 117 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minghui Kao ◽  
John J. Moskwa

Engine models that are used for nonlinear diesel engine control, state estimation, and model-based diagnostics are presented in this paper. By collecting, modifying, and adding to current available engine modeling techniques, two diesel engine models, a mean torque production model and a cylinder-by-cylinder model, are summarized for use in the formulation of control and state observation algorithms. In the cylinder-by-cylinder model, a time-varying crankshaft inertia model is added to a cylinder pressure generator to simulate engine speed variations due to discrete combustion events. Fuel injection timing and duration are control inputs while varying engine speed, cylinder pressure, and indicated torque are outputs from simulation. These diesel engine models can be used as engine simulators and to design diesel engine controllers and observers.


Author(s):  
Dimitrios T. Hountalas ◽  
Spiridon Raptotasios ◽  
Antonis Antonopoulos ◽  
Stavros Daniolos ◽  
Iosif Dolaptzis ◽  
...  

Currently the most promising solution for marine propulsion is the two-stroke low-speed diesel engine. Start of Injection (SOI) is of significant importance for these engines due to its effect on firing pressure and specific fuel consumption. Therefore these engines are usually equipped with Variable Injection Timing (VIT) systems for variation of SOI with load. Proper operation of these systems is essential for both safe engine operation and performance since they are also used to control peak firing pressure. However, it is rather difficult to evaluate the operation of VIT system and determine the required rack settings for a specific SOI angle without using experimental techniques, which are extremely expensive and time consuming. For this reason in the present work it is examined the use of on-board monitoring and diagnosis techniques to overcome this difficulty. The application is conducted on a commercial vessel equipped with a two-stroke engine from which cylinder pressure measurements were acquired. From the processing of measurements acquired at various operating conditions it is determined the relation between VIT rack position and start of injection angle. This is used to evaluate the VIT system condition and determine the required settings to achieve the desired SOI angle. After VIT system tuning, new measurements were acquired from the processing of which results were derived for various operating parameters, i.e. brake power, specific fuel consumption, heat release rate, start of combustion etc. From the comparative evaluation of results before and after VIT adjustment it is revealed an improvement of specific fuel consumption while firing pressure remains within limits. It is thus revealed that the proposed method has the potential to overcome the disadvantages of purely experimental trial and error methods and that its use can result to fuel saving with minimum effort and time. To evaluate the corresponding effect on NOx emissions, as required by Marpol Annex-VI regulation a theoretical investigation is conducted using a multi-zone combustion model. Shop-test and NOx-file data are used to evaluate its ability to predict engine performance and NOx emissions before conducting the investigation. Moreover, the results derived from the on-board cylinder pressure measurements, after VIT system tuning, are used to evaluate the model’s ability to predict the effect of SOI variation on engine performance. Then the simulation model is applied to estimate the impact of SOI advance on NOx emissions. As revealed NOx emissions remain within limits despite the SOI variation (increase).


1993 ◽  
Vol 37 (03) ◽  
pp. 273-279
Author(s):  
Mohamad Orianto ◽  
R. Latorre ◽  
D. Charnews

Marine diesel engine excitation can occur from the cycle-to-cycle variation in the engines output. The cycle-to-cycle variation in maximum cylinder pressure (P,,=,) is often used to represent this variation. Earlier studies examined the correlation between the cycle-to-cycle variation in the maximum cylinder pressure (Pm~), pressure impulse (PI), and ignition delay (ID), for the case of constant injection setting. Recent studies showed the injection timing strongly affects the cycle-to-cycle variation. This paper summarizes the results of systematic experiments to determine cycle-to-cycle variation for a single-cylinder diesel test engine and extrapolation to estimate the cycle-to-cycle variation in a 12-cylinder 925-hp diesel propulsion engine. Comparison of the extrapolated and measured results shows reasonable agreement.


2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pushpendra Kumar Sharma ◽  
Dilip Sharma ◽  
Shyam Lal Soni ◽  
Amit Jhalani

Excessive use of diesel engines and continuous increase in environmental pollution has drawn the attention of researchers in the area of the compression ignition engine. In this research article, an innovative investigation of the nonroad modified diesel engine is reported with the effective use of the hybrid Entropy-VIKOR approach. Hence, it becomes necessary to prioritize and optimize the performance defining criteria, which provides higher BTE along with lower emission simultaneously. The engine load, injection timing (Inj Tim), injection pressure (Inj Pre), and compression ratio (Com R) were selected as engine operating parameters for experimentation at the constant speed of 1500 rpm engine. The effect on engine performance parameters (BTE and BSEC) and emission (carbon monoxide (CO), total oxide of carbon (TOC), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), hydrocarbon (HC), and smoke) was studied experimentally. The optimum results were observed at load 10.32 kg, Inj Tim 20 deg btdc, Inj Pre 210 bar, and Com R 21:1 at which highest BTE of 22.24% and lowest BSEC of 16,188.5 kJ/kWh were obtained. Hybrid entropy-VIKOR approach was applied to establish the optimum ranking of the nonroad modified diesel engine. The experimental results and numerical simulation show that optimizing the engine operating parameters using the entropy-VIKOR multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) technique is applicable.


2014 ◽  
Vol 660 ◽  
pp. 447-451
Author(s):  
Akasyah M. Kathri ◽  
Rizalman Mamat ◽  
Amir Aziz ◽  
Azri Alias ◽  
Nik Rosli Abdullah

The diesel engine is one of the most important engines for road vehicles. The engine nowadays operates with different kinds of alternative fuels, such as natural gas and biofuel. The aim of this article is to study the combustion process that occurs in an engine cylinder of a diesel engine when using biofuel. The one-dimensional numerical analysis using GT-Power software is used to simulate the commercial four-cylinder diesel engine. The engine operated at high engine load and speed. The ethanol fuel used in the simulation is derived from the conventional ethanol fuel properties. The analysis of simulations includes the cylinder pressure, combustion temperature and rate of heat release. The simulation results show that in-cylinder pressure and temperature for ethanol is higher than for diesel at any engine speed. However, the mass fraction of ethanol burned is similar to that of diesel. MFB only affects the engine speed.


Author(s):  
Shigeto Yamamoto ◽  
Hiroshi Sakita ◽  
Masaaki Takiguchi ◽  
Shinichi Sasaki

Abstract The deformation of the cylinder liner of a diesel engine in actual operation have been measured by the means of a rotary piston, and the deformation has been compared with those measured statically at room temperature. As a result, it is found that the deformation of the liner in engine operation is hardly affected by the deformation at room temperature, but it follows the deformation of the cylinder block where the liner is inserted. It is also found as follows: The deformation of the liner upper portion varies according to the head bolts and the engine load, while the effect of the cylinder pressure is insignificant. The deformation at the middle of the liner changes mainly by the thermal expansion in the thrust direction, while the deformation at the lower portion is not affected by the engine speed or the load.


2019 ◽  
pp. 146808741987854
Author(s):  
Hossein Ahmadian ◽  
Gholamhassan Najafi ◽  
Barat Ghobadian ◽  
Seyed Reza Hassan-Beygi ◽  
Seyed Salar Hoseini

The understanding of noise generation and source identification is vital in noise control. This research was conducted to experimentally evaluate combustion-induced noise and vibration using coherence and wavelet coherence estimates. A single-cylinder direct-injection diesel engine was chosen for experimental investigation. The independent variables for conducting experiments were injection timing with five levels of 22, 27, 32 (normal), 37, and 42 crank angles before the top dead center, and also the engine torque load with four levels of 55%, 70%, 85%, and 100% of the rated value. The signals of cylinder pressure, liner acceleration, and radiated sound pressure of the test engine were measured and recorded. Then, coherency and wavelet coherency experiments were carried out between cylinder pressure and liner acceleration, cylinder pressure and sound pressure, and liner acceleration and sound pressure signals in MATLAB software. The results indicated that increasing load would increase wavelet coherency between cylinder pressure and liner acceleration signals at frequencies higher than 1 kHz. The coherent regions between cylinder pressure and sound pressure signals were mainly at frequencies higher than 1 kHz while advancing the fuel injection timing had shifted the coherency toward lower frequencies. In general, with advancing injection timing, the coherent regions between liner acceleration and sound pressure signals have appeared at broader time ranges, especially at frequencies between 100 and 500 Hz. Comparing the results of the wavelet coherency and coherency tests, we concluded that wavelet coherency is a more accurate and descriptive tool in evaluating the combustion-induced noise and vibration.


1987 ◽  
Vol 109 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. C. Alkidas

The factors influencing premixed burning and the importance of premixed burning on the exhaust emissions from a small high-speed direct-injection diesel engine were investigated. The characteristics of premixed and diffusion burning were examined using a single-zone heat-release analysis. The mass of fuel burned in premixed combustion was found to be linearly related to the product of engine speed and ignition-delay time and to be essentially independent of the total amount of fuel injected. Accordingly, the premixed-burned fraction increased with increasing engine speed, with decreasing fuel-air ratio and with retarding injection timing. The hydrocarbon emissions did not correlate well with the premixed-burned fraction. In contrast, the oxides of nitrogen emissions were found to increase with decreasing premixed-burned fraction, indicating that diffusion burning, and not premixed burning, is the primary source of oxides of nitrogen emissions.


Author(s):  
Menghan Li ◽  
Qiang Zhang ◽  
Guoxiang Li

In this paper, the effects of the injection timing, the injection pressure and the engine load on the combustion noise of a pilot-ignited direct-injection natural-gas engine were explored by analysing the separate components of the in-cylinder pressure. The results suggested that retarding the injection timing and reducing the injection pressure are effective ways of controlling the combustion noise. This can be attributed to the promoted burning rate at advanced injection timings and to the increased injection pressure. However, the effect of the engine load seems to be less obvious, although the resonance pressure level appears to increase with increasing engine load; the estimated combustion noise shows a decreasing tendency.


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