Engine Cylinder Pressure Measurements

1953 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.D. Mccullough
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Measurements ◽  
Cylinder Pressure ◽  
Engine Cylinder

Two-Stroke Marine Diesel Engine Variable Injection Timing System Performance Evaluation and Optimum Setting for Minimum Fuel Consumption at Acceptable NOx Levels

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitrios T. Hountalas ◽  
Spiridon Raptotasios ◽  
Antonis Antonopoulos ◽  
Stavros Daniolos ◽  
Iosif Dolaptzis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Specific Fuel Consumption ◽  
Injection Timing ◽  
Nox Emissions ◽  
Pressure Measurements ◽  
Cylinder Pressure ◽  
Start Of Injection

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).

A Model for Crank-Angle-Resolved Engine Cylinder Pressure Estimation

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Wu ◽  
Andres Jacoby ◽  
Daniel Llamocca ◽  
Brian Sangeorzan
Keyword(s):  
Cylinder Pressure ◽  
Engine Cylinder ◽  
Crank Angle ◽  
Pressure Estimation

TWO OBSERVERS FOR IN-CYLINDER MASS ESTIMATION USING CYLINDER PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS

2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (10) ◽  
pp. 219-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Giansetti ◽  
G. Colin ◽  
Y. Chamaillard ◽  
P. Higelin
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Measurements ◽  
Cylinder Pressure ◽  
Mass Estimation

First Principle Based Control Oriented Gasoline Engine Model Including Lumped Cylinder Dynamics

2018 ◽  
Vol 140 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Yar ◽  
A. I. Bhatti ◽  
Qadeer Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Gasoline Engine ◽  
Angular Speed ◽  
Rigid Bodies ◽  
First Principle ◽  
Cylinder Pressure ◽  
Single Cylinder ◽  
Engine Model ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Engine Cylinder ◽  
Diagnostic Capabilities

A novel first principle based control oriented model of a gasoline engine is proposed which also carries diagnostic capabilities. Unlike existing control oriented models, the formulated model reflects dynamics of the faultless as well as faulty engine with high fidelity. In the proposed model, the torque production subsystem is obtained by integration of further two subsystems that is model of a single cylinder torque producing mechanism and an analytical gasoline engine cylinder pressure model. Model of a single cylinder torque producing mechanism is derived using constrained equation of motion (EOM) in Lagrangian mechanics. While cylinder pressure is evaluated using a closed form parametric analytical gasoline engine cylinder pressure model. Novel attributes of the proposed model include minimal usage of empirical relations and relatively wider region of model validity. Additionally, the model provides model based description of crankshaft angular speed fluctuations and tension in the rigid bodies. Capacity of the model to describe the system dynamics under fault conditions is elaborated with case study of an intermittent misfire condition. Model attains new capabilities based on the said novel attributes. The model is successfully validated against experimental data.

One-Dimensional Simulation of the Combustion Process in an Engine Cylinder with Ethanol

2014 ◽  
Vol 660 ◽  
pp. 447-451
Author(s):  
Akasyah M. Kathri ◽  
Rizalman Mamat ◽  
Amir Aziz ◽  
Azri Alias ◽  
Nik Rosli Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Alternative Fuels ◽  
Engine Speed ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Cylinder Pressure ◽  
Ethanol Fuel ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Engine Cylinder ◽  
Dimensional Simulation ◽  
The One

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.

Direct Injection Diesel Engine Cylinder Pressure Modelling via NARMA Identification Technique

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivier Grondin ◽  
Christophe Letellier ◽  
Jean Maquet ◽  
Luis Antonio Aguirre ◽  
Frédéric Dionnet
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Direct Injection ◽  
Cylinder Pressure ◽  
Direct Injection Diesel Engine ◽  
Engine Cylinder ◽  
Identification Technique
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