scholarly journals Model Issues Regarding Modification of Fuel Injector Components to Improve the Injection Parameters of a Modern Compression Ignition Engine Powered by Biofuel

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (24) ◽  
pp. 5479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacek Eliasz ◽  
Tomasz Osipowicz ◽  
Karol Franciszek Abramek ◽  
Łukasz Mozga
Keyword(s):  
Combustion Process ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Combustible Mixture ◽  
Opening Angle ◽  
Fuel Injector ◽  
Compression Ignition Engine ◽  
Injection Dose ◽  
Innovative Idea ◽  
Flow Turbulence ◽  
Fuel Stream

This article presents a theoretical analysis of the use of spiral-elliptical ducts in the atomizer of a modern fuel injector. The parameters of the injected fuel stream can be divided into quantitative and qualitative. The quantitative parameter is the injection dose amount, and the qualitative parameter is characterized by the stream of injected fuel (width, atomization, opening angle, and range). The purpose of atomizer modification is to cause additional flow turbulence, which may affect the stream parameters and improve the combustion process of the combustible mixture in a diesel engine. The spiral-elliptical ducts discussed here could be used in engines powered by vegetable fuels. The stream of such fuels has worse quality parameters than conventional fuels, due to their higher viscosity and density. The proposal to use spiral-elliptical ducts is an innovative idea for diesel engines.

The Influence of Manufacturing Tolerances on Swirler Durability

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nagaraja S. Rudrapatna ◽  
Richard R. Bohman ◽  
Jonathan K. Anderson ◽  
Rudolph Dudebout ◽  
Richard Hausen
Keyword(s):  
Damage Mechanism ◽  
Jet Fuel ◽  
Combustible Mixture ◽  
Fuel Injector ◽  
Component Level ◽  
Pareto Chart ◽  
Flow Features ◽  
Manufacturing Tolerances ◽  
Oxidation Damage ◽  
Component Assembly

Jet fuel flowing through the fuel injector is atomized and then mixed with high temperature compressed air flowing through the swirler to create a combustible mixture inside a gas turbine combustor. Individual geometric and flow features are carefully tuned at a component level to deliver optimum combustion performance. In a critical interface such as the fuel injector and swirler, manufacturing tolerances not only have an impact on combustor performance and operability but also on durability, as the relative position of the fuel injector to the swirler significantly impacts the swirler temperature. This paper studies the influence of manufacturing tolerances on component assembly and the resulting impact on swirler temperature. The oxidation damage mechanism of the swirler is used as a measure to assess swirler durability. A Pareto chart of the effect of manufacturing tolerances on metal temperature is used to highlight the key influencing parameters. Probability distribution associated with manufacturing tolerances is gathered with Monte Carlo simulation to guide the design.

SPECTRAL DIAGNOSTICS OF THE HYDROCARBON FUEL COMBUSTION PROCESS

2021 ◽  
pp. 12-17
Author(s):  
M. A. Vaganov
Keyword(s):  
Combustion Process ◽  
Hydrocarbon Fuel ◽  
Combustion Products ◽  
Combustible Mixture ◽  
Fuel Combustion ◽  
Propane Combustion ◽  
Gaseous Hydrocarbon ◽  
Spectral Bands ◽  
Air Supply ◽  
Spectral Diagnostics

It is proposed to use the methods of applied optical spectroscopy to solve the problem of control and diagnostics of gaseous hydrocarbon fuel combustion in this work. The results of an experimental study of spectroscopic informative parameters characterizing the propane combustion process are presented for three modes: combustion of pure propane without air supply, stoichiometric combustion and combustion with a change in the amount of supplied air relative to stoichiometric combustion. As a result of the experiment, it was found that the most intense bands in the emission spectrum of the flame arising from the combustion of propane correspond to the spectral bands of radicals of combustion products: OH, CH, and C2. While the intensities of various systems of bands in the flame spectrum depend significantly on the composition of the combustible mixture.

scholarly journals An investigation of the fuel injector dedicated to the aircraft opposed-piston two-stroke diesel engine

2019 ◽  
Vol 177 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-155
Author(s):  
Ksenia SIADKOWSKA ◽  
Mirosław WENDEKER ◽  
Łukasz GRABOWSKI
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Mie Scattering ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Fuel Spray ◽  
Chamber Pressure ◽  
Fuel Injector ◽  
Measuring Point ◽  
Fuel Delivery ◽  
The Moment

The paper presents the research results of the injector construction with the modified injection nozzle. The injector is designed for a prototype opposed-piston aircraft diesel engine. The measurements were based on the Mie scattering technique. The conditions of the experiment corresponded to maximum loads similar to those occurring at the start. The measuring point was selected in line with the analysis of engine operating conditions: combustion chamber pressure at the moment of fuel delivery (6 MPa) and fuel pressure in the injection rail (140 MPa). The analysis focused on the average spray range and distribution, taking into account the differences between holes in the nozzle. As a result of the conducted research, the fuel spray range was defined with the determined parameters of injection. The fuel spray ranges inside the constant volume chamber at specific injection pressures and in the chamber were examined, and the obtained results were used to verify and optimize the combustion process in the designed opposed-piston two-stroke engine.

scholarly journals Analysis of the possibilities to achieve adiabatization process of combustion surrounded by inactive gases in Rapid Compression Machine

2017 ◽  
Vol 168 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-31
Author(s):  
Wojciech CIEŚLIK ◽  
Ireneusz PIELECHA
Keyword(s):  
Combustion Process ◽  
Combustible Mixture ◽  
Spark Ignition Engine ◽  
Rapid Compression Machine ◽  
Working Medium ◽  
Main Injection ◽  
Rapid Compression ◽  
Combustible Gases ◽  
Combustion Processes ◽  
Combustible Mixtures

In this work non-combustible gases impact on combustion processes studies is performed. Research was performed in a optically accessible rapid compression machine (RCM) under spark ignition engine conditions. The distribution of the swirl charge in the relation to adopted for analysis sequence of gas delivery to the chamber was varied with regard to the main injection. Authors investigate the influence of these sequence on the combustion and the ignition delay of the main injection and the overall combustion characteristics. The aim of this work is the experimental recognition of possibilities of creating combustible mixtures of light hydrocarbon fuels surrounded by non-combustible gases affecting the function of the inhibitor. Specifying the ability of preparation and combustion of mixtures in such systems enables the scientific analysis of adiabatization of the combustion process of fuel-air mixtures in the operating chambers. Theoretical analysis of the issues indicates possibility of obtaining such a stratification of the charge, that the inactive exhaust gases creating the outer ring surround the combustible mixture inside in such a way as to reduce the amount of heat exchanged between the working medium and the walls of the cylinder.

scholarly journals Chemiluminescence analysis of the effect of butanol-diesel fuel blends on the spray-combustion process in an experimental common rail diesel engine

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 1943-1957
Author(s):  
Simona Merola ◽  
Luca Marchitto ◽  
Cinzia Tornatore ◽  
Gerardo Valentino
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Flame Temperature ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Injection Pressure ◽  
Common Rail ◽  
Pilot Injection ◽  
Soot Emission ◽  
Compression Ignition Engine ◽  
Working Cycle ◽  
Main Injection

Combustion process was studied from the injection until the late combustion phase in an high swirl optically accessible combustion bowl connected to a single cylinder 2-stroke high pressure common rail compression ignition engine. Commercial diesel and blends of diesel and n-butanol (20%: BU20 and 40%: BU40) were used for the experiments. A pilot plus main injection strategy was investigated fixing the injection pressure and fuel mass injected per stroke. Two main injection timings and different pilot-main dwell times were explored achieving for any strategy a mixing controlled combustion. Advancing the main injection start, an increase in net engine working cycle (>40%) together with a strong smoke number decrease (>80%) and NOx concentration increase (@50%) were measured for all pilot injection timings. Compared to diesel fuel, butanol induced a decrease in soot emission and an increase in net engine working area when butanol ratio increased in the blend. A noticeable increase in NOx was detected at the exhaust for BU40 with a slight effect of the dwell-time. Spectroscopic investigations confirmed the delayed auto-ignition (~60 ms) of the pilot injection for BU40 compared to diesel. The spectral features for the different fuels were comparable at the start of combustion process, but they evolved in different ways. Broadband signal caused by soot emission, was lower for BU40 than diesel. Different balance of the bands at 309 and 282 nm, due to different OH transitions, were detected between the two fuels. The ratio of these intensities was used to follow flame temperature evolution.

Preliminary Study of a Low Power Plasma Radical Jet Generator for Combustion Systems

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Woong-Sik Choi ◽  
Jaecheol Kim ◽  
Yedidia Neumeier ◽  
Jeff Jagoda
Keyword(s):  
Fast Moving ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Combustible Mixture ◽  
Total Power ◽  
Main Stream ◽  
Incomplete Combustion ◽  
Rich Mixture ◽  
Drastic Effect ◽  
Steady Combustion ◽  
Solid Walls

A novel radical jet generator (RJG) was developed, whose purpose it is to supply concentrated, relatively low temperature radicals that penetrate into a flammable stream of reactants and trigger or modify a combustion process. The RJG is driven by a plasma whose power is only a fraction of a percent of the total power released in the combustor. In this approach, the plasma induces an incomplete combustion process in a small duct carrying a rich mixture of fuel and air. Results obtained using the developed RJG show that a jet, which consists of partially burnt reactants, some products and is, apparently, rich in radicals produced by the incomplete combustion process triggers extremely steady combustion in a fast moving combustible mixture whose flow rate far exceeds that of the RJG. Importantly, the results show that the jet, rich with radicals, that emerges from the RJG cavity at a temperature well below traditional ignition can ignite a fast moving stream of combustible mixture. Moreover, when injected normal to the main flow, this jet ignites the main stream at a location relatively far from the entrance point of the jet. This makes it possible to keep the combustion process away from solid walls while at the same time eliminating the need for solid flame holders. This in turn, provides an augmenter with reduced I.R signature. Finally, the results show a drastic effect of the RJG upon the flame dynamics in general and combustion instabilities in particular. Flames which displayed large, periodic pressure oscillations became completely stable when the plasma in the RJG was turned on. This suggests a novel use of the RJG to inhibit instabilities in combustors.

scholarly journals Comparative Analysis of Combustion Stability of Diesel/Ethanol Utilization by Blend and Dual Fuel

Processes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 946 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wojciech Tutak ◽  
Arkadiusz Jamrozik
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Combustion Stability ◽  
Dual Fuel ◽  
Maximum Pressure ◽  
Compression Ignition Engine ◽  
Energy Fraction ◽  
Pure Ethanol ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages

The aim of the work is a comparison of two combustion systems of fuels with different reactivity. The first is combustion of the fuel mixture and the second is combustion in a dual-fuel engine. Diesel fuel was burned with pure ethanol. Both methods of co-firing fuels have both advantages and disadvantages. Attention was paid to the combustion stability aspect determined by COVIMEP as well as the probability density function of IMEP. It was analyzed also the spread of the maximum pressure value, the angle of the position of maximum pressure. The influence of ethanol on ignition delay time spread and end of combustion process was evaluated. The experimental investigation was conducted on 1-cylinder air cooled compression ignition engine. The test engine operated with constant rpm equal to 1500 rpm and constant angle of start of diesel fuel injection. The engine was operated with ethanol up to 50% of its energy fraction.

scholarly journals Research on combustion process of gasoline homogenous charge compression ignition engine

2018 ◽  
Vol 184 ◽  
pp. 01013
Author(s):  
Corneliu Cofaru ◽  
Mihaela Virginia Popescu
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Research ◽  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Fuel Mixture ◽  
Spark Ignition Engine ◽  
Injection System ◽  
Compression Ignition ◽  
Compression Ignition Engine ◽  
Engine Operation ◽  
Homogenous Charge Compression Ignition

The paper presents the research designed to develop a HCCI (Homogenous Charge Compression Ignition) engine starting from a spark ignition engine platform. The chosen test engine was a single cylinder, four strokes provided with a carburettor. The results of experimental research data obtained on this version were used as a baseline for the next phase of the research. In order to obtain the HCCI configuration, the engine was modified, as follows: the compression ratio was increased from 9.7 to 11.5 to ensure that the air – fuel mixture auto-ignite and to improve the engine efficiency; the carburettor was replaced by a direct fuel injection system in order to control precisely the fuel mass per cycle taking into account the measured intake air-mass; the valves shape were modified to provide a safety engine operation by ensuring the provision of sufficient clearance beetween the valve and the piston; the exchange gas system was changed from fixed timing to variable valve timing to have the possibilities of modification of quantities of trapped burnt gases. The cylinder processes were simulated on virtual model. The experimental research works were focused on determining the parameters which control the combustion timing of HCCI engine to obtain the best energetic and ecologic parameters.

Investigation of ammonia and hydrogen as CO2-free fuels for heavy duty engines using a high pressure dual fuel combustion process

2020 ◽  
pp. 146808742096787
Author(s):  
Stephanie Frankl ◽  
Stephan Gleis ◽  
Stephan Karmann ◽  
Maximilian Prager ◽  
Georg Wachtmeister
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
High Pressures ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Combustion Efficiency ◽  
Dual Fuel ◽  
Parameter Study ◽  
Fuel Injector ◽  
Cfd Model ◽  
Pilot Fuel

This work is a numerical study of the use of ammonia and hydrogen in a high-pressure-dual-fuel (HPDF) combustion. The main fuels (hydrogen and ammonia) are direct injected and ignited by a small amount of direct injected pilot fuel. The fuels are injected using a dual fuel injector from Woodward L’Orange, which can induce two fuels independently at high pressures up to 1800 bar for the pilot fuel and maximum 500 bar for the main. The numerical CFD-model gets validated for of hydrogen-HPDF with experimental data. Due to safety issues at the test rig it was not possible to use ammonia in the experiments, so it is modelled using the numerical model. It is assumed that the CFD-model also gives qualitative correct results for the use of ammonia as main fuel, so a parameter study of ammonia-HPDF is made. The results for the hydrogen-HPDF show, that hydrogen can be used in the engine without any further modifications. The combustion is very stable, and the hydrogen ignites almost immediately when it enters the combustion chamber. The results of the ammonia combustion indicate, that the HPDF combustion mode can handle ammonia effectively. It seems beneficial to inject the ammonia at higher pressures than hydrogen. Also pre-heating the ammonia can increase the combustion efficiency.

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