Effects of Fuel Laminar Flame Speed Compared to Engine Tumble Ratio, Ignition Energy, and Injection Strategy on Lean and EGR Dilute Spark Ignition Combustion

Conference · Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.4271/2017-01-0671· OSTI ID:1501899

Kolodziej, Christopher P.; Pamminger, Michael; Sevik, James; Wallner, Thomas; Wagnon, Scott W.; Pitz, William J

Previous studies have shown that fuels with higher laminar flame speed also have increased tolerance to EGR dilution. In this work, the effects of fuel laminar flame speed on both lean and EGR dilute spark ignition combustion stability were examined. Fuels blends of pure components (iso-octane, n-heptane, toluene, ethanol, and methanol) were derived at two levels of laminar flame speed. Each fuel blend was tested in a single-cylinder spark-ignition engine under both lean-out and EGR dilution sweeps until the coefficient of variance of indicated mean effective pressure increased above thresholds of 3% and 5%. The relative importance of fuel laminar flame speed to changes to engine design parameters (spark ignition energy, tumble ratio, and port vs. direct injection) was also assessed. Results showed that fuel laminar flame speed can have as big an effect on lean or EGR dilute engine operation as engine design parameters, with the largest effects seen during EGR dilute operation and when changes were made to cylinder charge motion.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) - Office of Vehicle Technology
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357
• OSTI ID: 1501899
• Resource Relation: Conference: 2017 SAE World Congress Experience, 04/04/17 - 04/06/17, Detroit, MI, US
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English