Experimental Research of Diffusion Combustion and Emissions Characteristics Under Oxy-Fuel Combustion Mode

2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhe Kang ◽  
Zhijun Wu ◽  
Jun Deng ◽  
Zongjie Hu ◽  
Liguang Li

Abstract Internal combustion Rankine cycle (ICRC) concept implements oxy-fuel combustion, direct water injection (DWI), and waster heat recovery (WHR) into traditional Otto or diesel cycle to realize high thermal efficiency and low emission powertrain. In order to support ICRC realization, this paper is dedicated to investigate the feasibility of implementing oxy-fuel combustion into diffusion combustion which provides fundamental information for future compression ignition (CI)-ICRC engine. The prototype oxy-fuel diffusion combustion engine test bench is established based on a retrofitted diesel engine, and the O2/CO2 mixture intake system, high-pressure common rail fuel injection system, and high-performance electronic controller are designed and installed within engine test bench to investigate the combustion and emission characteristics under different intake oxygen fractions (OF), fuel injection durations, and fuel injection timing. The optimum intake OF and fuel injection strategies are acquired within the selected experimental conditions, a 41.1% brake thermal efficiency (BTE), and 1.2% coefficient of variation (CoV) is achieved utilizing 55% intake OF, 0.7 ms fuel injection duration and 352 °CA (after exchange top dead center (TDC)) fuel injection timing. The oxy-fuel diffusion combustion proved to be a feasible solution for simultaneously reduction in NOX and particulate emissions, and NOX emissions lower than 90 × 10−6 with particulate matters (PM) around 0.1 filter smoke number (FSN) is observed during engine bench testing. The result of this study provides fundamental information for future CI-ICRC prototype engine establishment and optimization, which also could be utilized as reference guidance for potential industrialization of internal combustion engine (ICE) with oxy-fuel combustion mode.

Author(s):  
Steven G. Fritz ◽  
John C. Hedrick ◽  
Tom Weidemann

This paper describes the development of a low emissions upgrade kit for EMD GP20D and GP15D locomotives. These locomotives were originally manufactured in 2001, and met EPA Tier 1 locomotive emission regulations. The 1,491 kW (2,000 HP) EMD GP20D locomotives are powered by Caterpillar 3516B engines, and the 1,119 kW (1,500 HP) EMD GP15D locomotives are powered by Caterpillar 3512B engines. CIT Rail owns a fleet of 50 of these locomotives that are approaching their mid-life before first overhaul. Baseline exhaust emissions testing was followed by a low emissions retrofit development focusing on fuel injection timing, crankcase ventilation filtration, and application of a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC), and then later a diesel particulate filter (DPF). The result was a EPA Tier 0+ certification of the low emissions upgrade kit, with emission levels below EPA Line-Haul Tier 3 NOx, and Tier 4 HC, CO, and PM levels.


2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (09n11) ◽  
pp. 1846-1852 ◽  
Author(s):  
HYUN-BAE JEON ◽  
TAE-HOON SONG ◽  
SUNG-HO PARK ◽  
SUN-CHUL HUH ◽  
WON-JO PARK

This experimental study investigates the fracture characteristics of the camshaft made with newly developed SM53C material. As part of the countermeasure, use the surface hardening heat treatment. Cam shaft which is a part of automobile engine is very essential when traveling and significant to fuel injection timing. Stiffness and efficiency are important for automobile sash which have a durability of the engine. High hardness and durability are necessary, because engine output is affected by cam shaft directly. So, high-frequency induction hardening is very important because of increasing the surface strength. The shape of hardening depth, hardened structure, hardness, and fracture characteristics of SM53C composed by carbon steel are also investigated.


1992 ◽  
Vol 114 (3) ◽  
pp. 515-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. D. Hsu ◽  
G. L. Confer ◽  
Z. J. Shen

In the GE 7FDL single-cylinder research diesel engine, coal-water slurry (CWS) fuel combustion optimization studies were conducted using electronically controlled CWS and pilot accumulator injectors. The most important performance parameters of peak firing pressure, combustion efficiency (coal burnout), and specific fuel comsumption were evaluated in relationship to CWS and pilot injection timing, CWS injector hole size, shape, and number, CWS fuel injection spray angles and injection pressure. Heat release diagrams, as well as exhaust samples (gaseous and particulate), were analyzed for each case. Interesting effects of fuel spray impingement and CWS fuel “Delayed Ignition” were observed. With the engine operating at 2.0 MPa IMEP and 1050 rpm, it was able to obtain over 99.5 percent combustion efficiency while holding the cylinder firing pressure below 17 MPa and thermal efficiency equivalent to diesel fuel operation.


Author(s):  
Zuohua Huang ◽  
Seiichi Shiga ◽  
Takamasa Ueda ◽  
Nobuhisa Jingu ◽  
Hisao Nakamura ◽  
...  

Abstract Effect of fuel injection timing relative to ignition timing on natural gas direct-injection combustion was studied by using a rapid compression machine. The ignition timing was fixed at 80 ms from the compression start. When the injection timing was relatively earlier (injection start at 60 ms), the heat release pattern showed slower burn in the initial stage and faster burn in the late stage, which is similar to that of flame propagation of a premixed gas. In contrast to this, when the injection timing was relatively later (injection start at 75 ms), the heat release rate showed faster burn in the initial stage and slower burn in the late stage, which is similar to that of diesel combustion. The shortest duration was realized at the injection end timing of 80 ms (the same timing as the ignition timing) over the wide range of equivalence ratio. The degree of charge stratification and the intensity of turbulence generated by the fuel jet is considered to cause these behaviors. Earlier injection leads to longer duration of the initial combustion, whereas the later injection does longer duration of the late combustion. Earlier injection showed relatively lower CO emission while later injection produces relatively lower NOx emission. It was suggested that earlier injection leads to lower mixture stratification combustion and later injection leads to higher mixture stratification combustion. Combustion efficiency maintained high value over the wide range of equivalence ratio.


Author(s):  
Sok Ratnak ◽  
Jin Kusaka ◽  
Yasuhiro Daisho ◽  
Kei Yoshimura ◽  
Kenjiro Nakama

Gasoline Direct Injection Homogeneous Charge Compression (GDI-HCCI) combustion is achieved by closing early the exhaust valves for trapping hot residual gases combined with direct fuel injection. The combustion is chemically controlled by multi-point auto-ignition which its main combustion phase can be controlled by direct injection timing of fuel. This work investigates the effect of single pulse injection timing on a supercharged GDI-HCCI combustion engine by using a four-stroke single cylinder engine with a side-mounted direct fuel injector. Injection of primary reference fuel PRF90 under the near-stoichiometric-boosted condition is studied. The fuel is injected during negative valve overlap (NVO) or recompression period for fuel reformation under low oxygen concentration and the injection is retarded to intake stroke for the homogeneous mixture. It is found that the early fuel injection in NVO period advances the combustion phasing compared with the retarded injection in the intake stroke. Noticeable slower combustion rate from intake stroke fuel injection is obtained compared with the NVO injection due to charge cooling effect. Zero-dimensional combustion simulations with multiple chemical reaction mechanisms are simulated to provide chemical understanding from the effect of fuel injection timing on intermediate species generations. The species such as C2H4, C3H6, CH4, and H2 are found to be formed during the NVO injection period from the calculations. The effects of single pulse injection timings on combustion characteristics such pressure rise rate, combustion stability, and emissions are also discussed in this study.


1994 ◽  
Vol 116 (4) ◽  
pp. 774-783 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. G. Fritz

To enhance the effectiveness of intercity passenger rail service in mitigating exhaust emissions in California, the California Department to Transportation (Caltrans) included limits on exhaust emissions in its intercity locomotive procurement specifications. Because there were no available exhaust emission test data on which emission reduction goals could be based, Caltrans funded a test program to acquire gaseous and particulate exhaust emissions data, along with smoke opacity data, from two state-of-the-art intercity passenger locomotives. The two passenger locomotives (an EMD F59PH and a GE DASH8-32BWH) were tested at the Association of American Railroads Chicago Technical Center. The EMD locomotive was eqiupped with a separate Detroit Diesel, Corporation (DDC) 8V-149 diesel engine used to provide 480 V AC power for the trailing passenger cars. This DDC engine was also emission tested. These data were used to quantify baseline exhaust emission levels as a challenge to locomotive manufacturers to offer new locomotives with reduced emissions. Data from the two locomotive engines were recorded at standard fuel injection timing and with the fuel injection timing retarded 4 deg in an effort to reduce NOx emissions. Results of this emissions testing were incorporated into the Caltrans locomotive procurement process by including emission performance requirements in the Caltrans intercity passenger locomotive specification, and therefore in the procurement decision. This paper contains steady-state exhaust emission test results for hydrocarbons (HC), carbon monoxide (CO), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), and particulate matter (PM) from the two locomotives. Computed sulfur dixoide (SO2) emissions are also given, and are based on diesel fuel consumption and sulfur content. Exhaust smoke opacity is also reported.


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