Understanding fuel anti-knock performances in modern SI engines using fundamental HCCI experiments
Abstract
Modern spark-ignition (SI) engine technologies have considerably changed in-cylinder conditions under which fuel autoignition and engine knock take place. In this paper, fundamental HCCI engine experiments are proposed as a means for characterizing the impact of these technologies on the knock propensity of different fuels. In particular, the impacts of turbocharging, direct injection (DI), and downspeeding on operation with ethanol and gasoline are investigated to demonstrate this approach. Results reported earlier for ethanol and gasoline on HCCI combustion are revisited with the new perspective of how their autoignition characteristics fit into the anti-knock requirement in modern SI engines. For example, the weak sensitivity to pressure boost demonstrated by ethanol in HCCI autoignition can be used to explain the strong knock resistance of ethanol fuels for turbocharged SI engines. Further, ethanol's high sensitivity to charge temperature makes charge cooling, which can be produced by fuel vaporization via direct injection or by piston expansion via spark-timing retard, very effective for inhibiting knock. On the other hand, gasoline autoignition shows a higher sensitivity to pressure, so only very low pressure boost can be applied before knock occurs. Gasoline also demonstrates low temperature sensitivity, so it is unable to make as effective use ofmore »
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Melbourne (Australia); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1343270
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1247768
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-2017-0915J
Journal ID: ISSN 0010-2180; PII: S0010218015002485
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Combustion and Flame
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 162; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 0010-2180
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; knock propensity; HCCI; turbocharging; DISI; ethanol
Citation Formats
Yang, Yi, Dec, John E., Sjoberg, Magnus, and Ji, Chunsheng. Understanding fuel anti-knock performances in modern SI engines using fundamental HCCI experiments. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.combustflame.2015.07.040.
Yang, Yi, Dec, John E., Sjoberg, Magnus, & Ji, Chunsheng. Understanding fuel anti-knock performances in modern SI engines using fundamental HCCI experiments. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2015.07.040
Yang, Yi, Dec, John E., Sjoberg, Magnus, and Ji, Chunsheng. Wed .
"Understanding fuel anti-knock performances in modern SI engines using fundamental HCCI experiments". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2015.07.040. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1343270.
@article{osti_1343270,
title = {Understanding fuel anti-knock performances in modern SI engines using fundamental HCCI experiments},
author = {Yang, Yi and Dec, John E. and Sjoberg, Magnus and Ji, Chunsheng},
abstractNote = {Modern spark-ignition (SI) engine technologies have considerably changed in-cylinder conditions under which fuel autoignition and engine knock take place. In this paper, fundamental HCCI engine experiments are proposed as a means for characterizing the impact of these technologies on the knock propensity of different fuels. In particular, the impacts of turbocharging, direct injection (DI), and downspeeding on operation with ethanol and gasoline are investigated to demonstrate this approach. Results reported earlier for ethanol and gasoline on HCCI combustion are revisited with the new perspective of how their autoignition characteristics fit into the anti-knock requirement in modern SI engines. For example, the weak sensitivity to pressure boost demonstrated by ethanol in HCCI autoignition can be used to explain the strong knock resistance of ethanol fuels for turbocharged SI engines. Further, ethanol's high sensitivity to charge temperature makes charge cooling, which can be produced by fuel vaporization via direct injection or by piston expansion via spark-timing retard, very effective for inhibiting knock. On the other hand, gasoline autoignition shows a higher sensitivity to pressure, so only very low pressure boost can be applied before knock occurs. Gasoline also demonstrates low temperature sensitivity, so it is unable to make as effective use of the charge cooling produced by fuel vaporization or spark retard. These arguments comprehensively explain literature results on ethanol's substantially better anti-knock performance over gasoline in modern turbocharged DISI engines. Fundamental HCCI experiments such as these can thus be used as a diagnostic and predictive tool for knock-limited SI engine performance for various fuels. As a result, examples are presented where HCCI experiments are used to identify biofuel compounds with good potential for modern SI-engine applications.},
doi = {10.1016/j.combustflame.2015.07.040},
journal = {Combustion and Flame},
number = 10,
volume = 162,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Aug 19 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Wed Aug 19 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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