Using Ducted Fuel Injection to Attenuate Soot Formation in a Mixing-Controlled Compression Ignition Engine
Abstract
Ducted fuel injection (DFI) is a plan that can be used to enhance the fuel/charge-gas mixing within the combustion chamber of a direct-injection mixing-controlled compression-ignition engine. The concept involves injecting the fuel through a small tube within the combustion chamber to facilitate the creation of a leaner mixture in the autoignition zone, relative to a conventional free-spray configuration (i.e., a fuel spray that is not surrounded by a duct). Although previous experiments demonstrated that DFI lowers both soot incandescence and soot mass in a constant-volume combustion vessel with a single-component normal-alkane fuel (n-dodecane), this work provides the first evidence that the technology provides similar benefits in an engine application using a commercial diesel fuel containing ~30 wt% aromatics. The present study investigates the effects on engine-out emissions and efficiency with a two-orifice injector tip for charge-gas mixtures containing 16 and 21 mol% oxygen. The result is that DFI is shown to be effective at curtailing engine-out soot emissions. It also breaks the soot-NOx tradeoff by simultaneously attenuating soot and NO. with increasing dilution.
- Authors:
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- 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 Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Vehicle Technologies Office; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1529141
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1559549
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-2019-1518J; SAND-2018-12942J
Journal ID: ISSN 1946-3944; 672499
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- SAE International Journal of Engines (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: SAE International Journal of Engines (Online); Journal Volume: 12; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 1946-3944
- Publisher:
- SAE International
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; Ducted fuel injection; Diesel; Soot; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Citation Formats
Nilsen, Christopher W., Biles, Drummond E., and Mueller, Charles J. Using Ducted Fuel Injection to Attenuate Soot Formation in a Mixing-Controlled Compression Ignition Engine. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.4271/03-12-03-0021.
Nilsen, Christopher W., Biles, Drummond E., & Mueller, Charles J. Using Ducted Fuel Injection to Attenuate Soot Formation in a Mixing-Controlled Compression Ignition Engine. United States. https://doi.org/10.4271/03-12-03-0021
Nilsen, Christopher W., Biles, Drummond E., and Mueller, Charles J. Fri .
"Using Ducted Fuel Injection to Attenuate Soot Formation in a Mixing-Controlled Compression Ignition Engine". United States. https://doi.org/10.4271/03-12-03-0021. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1529141.
@article{osti_1529141,
title = {Using Ducted Fuel Injection to Attenuate Soot Formation in a Mixing-Controlled Compression Ignition Engine},
author = {Nilsen, Christopher W. and Biles, Drummond E. and Mueller, Charles J.},
abstractNote = {Ducted fuel injection (DFI) is a plan that can be used to enhance the fuel/charge-gas mixing within the combustion chamber of a direct-injection mixing-controlled compression-ignition engine. The concept involves injecting the fuel through a small tube within the combustion chamber to facilitate the creation of a leaner mixture in the autoignition zone, relative to a conventional free-spray configuration (i.e., a fuel spray that is not surrounded by a duct). Although previous experiments demonstrated that DFI lowers both soot incandescence and soot mass in a constant-volume combustion vessel with a single-component normal-alkane fuel (n-dodecane), this work provides the first evidence that the technology provides similar benefits in an engine application using a commercial diesel fuel containing ~30 wt% aromatics. The present study investigates the effects on engine-out emissions and efficiency with a two-orifice injector tip for charge-gas mixtures containing 16 and 21 mol% oxygen. The result is that DFI is shown to be effective at curtailing engine-out soot emissions. It also breaks the soot-NOx tradeoff by simultaneously attenuating soot and NO. with increasing dilution.},
doi = {10.4271/03-12-03-0021},
journal = {SAE International Journal of Engines (Online)},
number = 3,
volume = 12,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {5}
}