Academic literature on the topic 'Homogeneous combustion'

CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO<br>Com o intuito de reduzir as emissões e melhorar a combustão em uma maior faixa de rotação e carga de um motor, foi proposto o estudo da combustão por compressão de misturas homogêneas (HCCI), este processo apresenta altas eficiências e baixas emissões, principalmente de NOx e fuligem. Assim, o objetivo do presente trabalho é a determinação das faixas de operação estável em um motor diesel, de alta taxa de compressão (20:1). O combustível utilizado foi gasolina tipo A, tendo em vista a sua grande produção, além das características de auto-ignição. Para atingir o objetivo proposto foram controladas a temperatura de entrada do ar e a quantidade de combustível da mistura, o que foi implementado sem modificação estrutural do motor. Os ensaios foram realizados com uma temperatura de alimentação entre 75 e 95 ºC, com rotação entre 1200 e 2200 RPM. Os valores para o fator lambda variaram, em função de um processo de combustão estável, entre 2 e 4. São apresentados os resultados experimentais obtidos em um dinamômetro de bancada, sobre os quais se fez uma análise do rendimento, para a faixa de melhor estabilidade da combustão. Para a mesma faixa foi realizada uma análise das curvas de pressão x tempo, caracterizando a auto-ignição como função da temperatura do ar e da riqueza da mistura. Os melhores rendimentos encontrados situam-se ao redor de 36,5 %, para uma temperatura de ingresso de 85 °C, para as maiores rotações pesquisadas.<br>The present study of homogeneous mixture compression ignition (HCCI) was proposed in order to reduce emissions and improve combustion at a higher speed range and load, this process has high efficiency and low emissions mainly NOx and soot. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the ranges of stable operation in a diesel engine of high compression ratio (20:1), operating in HCCI. The fuel used was gasoline type A, given its large production, besides the good characteristics of auto-ignition. To achieve this purpose were controlled inlet air temperature and the amount of fuel in the mixture, these were implemented without structural modification of the engine. The tests were conducted with a feed temperature between 75 and 95 ° C, with rotation between 1200 and 2200 RPM. The values for the lambda factor varied between 2 and 4, as a function of a stable combustion process. The experimental results here reported were obtained on a dynamometer bench, on which, it was made a performance analysis for the better stability combustion range. Additionally for this range, an analysis of the curves of pressure vs. time was performed, characterizing the auto-ignition as a function of air temperature and the richness of the mixture. The best results found are located around 36.5% at an intake temperature of 85 ° C for the highest speed studied.

The work presented in this thesis is intended to investigate the effects of fuel properties, injection strategy and timing on autoignition and combustion characteristics of a Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) engine with a negative valve overlap (NVO) strategy. Conventional (pressure-transducer based) measurements and passive optical research have contributed to understanding of the chemical-physical sites of HCCI autoignition and combustion. This experimental work was undertaken on matching thermal and optical single cylinder research engines in configurations derived from a production Jaguar V8 engine. A thermal engine study using a range of fuels including conventional gasoline and primary reference fuels has been performed to gain insight into autoignition and combustion characteristics of various chemically dissimilar blends or components. This was done at different operating conditions by varying the engine speed and the proportion of residuals trapped. These measurements have shown that the autoignition and combustion characteristic of an HCCI operated engine are highly dependent on fuel blend composition and are also affected by engine operating conditions. It was found that the autoignition process type which the mixture undergoes, whether it is one- or two-step, depends very strongly both on fuel blend composition and on engine operating conditions. More specifically the presence and also proportion of particular chemical compounds in a blend could significantly contribute to the alteration of the process type. Similar experiments using the chosen engine operating points were repeated on the optical engine using passive optical diagnostics such as imaging and spectroscopy. Thereby it was possible to gain insight into the chemistry of one-step and two- step ignition processes. The image analysis of the port fuel injected (PFI) HCCI operation have been carried out for stoichiometric and lean conditions. A crank-angle resolved high-speed imaging technique was employed a piston crown window for optical access to the combustion chamber. The spatial repeatability nature of autoignition occurrence and the directions of combustion progress were evaluated using especially developed image processing technique. The insight into the expansion rates of burned areas and of the spreading velocities of reacting structures fronts was also gained by introducing two new image processing techniques. Various direct injection strategies (single and split injection) and timings, including fuel injection prior to and during the negative valve overlap period were optically investigated. The comprehensive study included the application of three diagnostic instruments: the Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) high-speed colour imager, the intensified Charge Couple Device (CCD) and the imaging spectrograph. Among the other observations the applied passive techniques, the imaging and the spectroscopy in conjunction with adequate image processing techniques have shown that the combustion behaviour and also the colour of the burning mixture are dependent on the fuel injection scheme. With the investigated split (double) injection, when some of fuel is injected prior to TDC NVO the combustion behaviour is significantly different than when it is injected during even at TDC (NVO). There is a strong indication that a form of incandescence occurs during the NVO, which probably comes from the glowing soot. This is further supported by a quantification of the emitted luminescence and spectroscopic measurements during this phase.