EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF START OF INJECTION AND BLEND RATIO ON SINGLE FUEL REFORMATE RCCI
A new concept of single-fuel RCCI has been proposed through the catalytic partial oxidation reformation of diesel fuel. The reformed fuel mixture is then used as the low reactivity fuel and diesel itself is used as the high reactivity fuel. In this paper, two selected reformates mixture from the reformation of diesel were selected for further analysis. Each reformate fuel mixture contained a significant fraction of inert gases (89% and 81%). The effects of the difference in the molar concentrations of the reformate mixtures were studied by experimenting with diesel as the direct injected fuel in RCCI over a varying start of injection timings and different blend ratios (i.e., the fraction of low and high reactivities fuels). The reformate mixture with the lower inert gas concentration had earlier combustion phasing and shorter combustion duration at any given diesel start of injection timing. The higher reactivity separation between reformate mixture and diesel, compared with gasoline and diesel, causes the combustion phasing of reformate-diesel RCCI to be more sensitive to the start of injection timing. The maximum combustion efficiency was found at a CA50 before TDC, whereas the maximum thermal efficiency occurs at a CA50 after TDC. The range of energy-based blend ratios in which reformate-diesel RCCI is possible is between 25% and 45%, limited by ringing intensity (RI) at the low limit of blend ratios, and COV of IMEP and combustion efficiency at the high limit. Intake boosting becomes necessary due to the oxygen deficiency caused by the low energy density of the reformate mixtures as it displaces intake air.
- Research Organization:
- Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0007216
- OSTI ID:
- 1614925
- Report Number(s):
- NoneICEF2019-7208
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Proceedings of the ASME 2019 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference, Chicago, IL, USA, October 20-23, 2019
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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