Investigation of the fundamentals of low-energy nanosecond pulse ignition: Final CRADA Report

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1369063· OSTI ID:1369063

Wallner, Thomas ^[1]; Scarcelli, Riccardo ^[1]; Zhang, Anqi ^[1]; Sevik, James ^[1]; Biruduganti, Munidhar ^[1]; Bihari, Bipin ^[1]; Matusik, Katarzyna E. ^[1]; Duke, Daniel J. ^[1]; Powell, Christopher F. ^[1]; Kastengren, Alan L. ^[1]

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1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

A detailed investigation of the fundamentals of low-energy nanosecond pulse ignition was performed with the objective to overcome the barrier presented by limited knowledge and characterization of nonequilibrium plasma ignition for realistic internal combustion engine applications (be it in the automotive or power generation field) and shed light on the mechanisms which improve the performance of the advanced TPS ignition system compared to conventional state-of-the-art hardware. Three main tasks of the research included experimental evaluation on a single-cylinder automotive gasoline engine, experimental evaluation on a single-cylinder stationary natural gas engine and energy quantification using x-ray diagnostics.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357
• OSTI ID: 1369063
• Report Number(s): ANL/ES-C2016--16044; 136844
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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