A Review of Mixture Preparation and Combustion Control Strategies for Spark-Ignited Direct-Injection Gasoline Engines

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fu-Quan Zhao ◽  
Ming-Chia Lai ◽  
David L. Harrington
Keyword(s):  
Control Strategies ◽  
Direct Injection ◽  
Combustion Control ◽  
Gasoline Engines ◽  
Mixture Preparation

Modeling Cyclic Variability in Spark-Assisted HCCI

2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Stuart Daw ◽  
K. Dean Edwards ◽  
Robert M. Wagner ◽  
Johney B. Green
Keyword(s):  
Control Strategies ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Mode Switching ◽  
Load Range ◽  
Gasoline Engines ◽  
Cyclic Variability ◽  
Hcci Combustion ◽  
Quantitative Understanding ◽  
Low Dimensional ◽  
High Degree

Spark assist appears to offer considerable potential for increasing the speed and load range over which homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) is possible in gasoline engines. Numerous experimental studies of the transition between conventional spark-ignited (SI) propagating-flame combustion and HCCI combustion in gasoline engines with spark assist have demonstrated a high degree of deterministic coupling between successive combustion events. Analysis of this coupling suggests that the transition between SI and HCCI can be described as a sequence of bifurcations in a low-dimensional dynamic map. In this paper, we describe methods for utilizing the deterministic relationship between cycles to extract global kinetic rate parameters that can be used to discriminate multiple distinct combustion states and develop a more quantitative understanding of the SI-HCCI transition. We demonstrate the application of these methods for indolene-containing fuels and point out an apparent HCCI mode switching not previously reported. Our results have specific implications for developing dynamic combustion models and feedback control strategies that utilize spark assist to expand the operating range of HCCI combustion.

Simulation of cavitation in outward-opening piezo-type pintle injector nozzles

2008 ◽  
Vol 222 (10) ◽  
pp. 1895-1910 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Giannadakis ◽  
D Papoulias ◽  
A Theodorakakos ◽  
M Gavaises
Keyword(s):  
Bubble Growth ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Direct Injection ◽  
Bubble Formation ◽  
Needle Valve ◽  
Transient Effects ◽  
Cavitation Model ◽  
Gasoline Engines ◽  
Opening And Closing ◽  
Vapour Film

The onset and development of cavitation in the annular needle seat passage of piezo-driven outward-opening pintle injector nozzles used with spray-guided direct-injection gasoline engines are studied using a Eulerian-Lagrangian computational fluid dynamics cavitation model. Cavitation is formed because of the fluid acceleration taking place at the needle sealing area and it has been found to be affected by its geometric details. Various submodels for nucleation and bubble formation, further bubble growth and collapse, as well as bubble break-up and transport are incorporated into the model. Qualitative model validation is performed against experimental data reported elsewhere in large-scale nozzle replicas, showing similar cavitation patterns to be formed. These consist of vapour pockets rather than a continuous vapour film and develop transiently in a rather chaotic manner around the circumferential needle sealing area, even under stationary geometry and fixed-flowrate conditions. Further transient effects associated with the fast opening and closing of the piezo-controlled needle valve are also presented.

Cavitation in Fuel Injection Systems for Spray-Guided Direct Injection Gasoline Engines

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Papoulias ◽  
E. Giannadakis ◽  
N. Mitroglou ◽  
M. Gavaises ◽  
A. Theodorakakos
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Direct Injection ◽  
Gasoline Engines
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