Analysis of Pilot Injection Effects on Combustion Noise in PPCI Diesel Engines

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Long Liu ◽  
Hongzi Fei ◽  
Jingtao Du
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engines ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
High Load ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Combustion Noise ◽  
Pilot Injection ◽  
Injection Strategy ◽  
Injection Quantity ◽  
Main Injection

With the common-rail fuel injection systems widely used in diesel engines, the pilot injection strategy has been paid more attention for suppressing pollutants emissions and combustion noise. Using pilot injection strategies, leaner and more homogenous mixture formed in pilot spray results in the combustion process partially fulfill Premixed Charge Compression Ignition (PCCI). Therefore the combustion process of diesel engines with pilot injection strategy can be considered as partial PCCI (PPCI). Pilot injection causes the in-cylinder temperature increase before main injection, which shortens the ignition delay of main spray and consequently reduces the combustion noise, so that the pilot injection has potential to extend PPCI combustion model to high load operation. However, the mechanism of pilot injection effects on the combustion noise has not been fully understood, consequently it is difficult to estimate the lower combustion noise among different pilot injection conditions, that results in difficult selection of the pilot injection parameters in proper way. Thus, in this study, experiments were performed on a single-cylinder DI-diesel engine with pilot and main injection under high load operating conditions. The synthesized in-cylinder pressure levels (CPLs) in different frequency ranges as a novel method were proposed to analyze the pilot injection effects on combustion noise. The results reveal that pilot spray combustion mainly influences the high frequency combustion noise, and the later pilot injection timing causes the higher combustion noise. In the case of the short dwell between pilot and main injection, the increasing pilot injection quantity enhances the high frequency combustion noise. Meanwhile because of the pilot injection quantity increase, decrease of main injection quantity leads to lower combustion noise in middle frequency range.

Preinjection—A Measure to Influence Exhaust Quality and Noise in Diesel Engines

1989 ◽  
Vol 111 (3) ◽  
pp. 445-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Schulte ◽  
E. Scheid ◽  
F. Pischinger ◽  
U. Reuter
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engines ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Combustion Noise ◽  
Injection System ◽  
Pilot Injection ◽  
Load Range ◽  
Injection Nozzle ◽  
Black Smoke ◽  
Injection Quantity ◽  
Main Injection

The combustion noise generated by DI diesel engines can be clearly reduced during both steady-state and transient operation in applying a pilot injection. After optimization, a slight increase in fuel consumption is found in the upper load range. The pilot injection also tends to reduce the NOx emissions. An increase in black smoke emissions is considered to be the main drawback with pilot injection. High-speed Schlieren photographs of injection and combustion phenomena within a pressurized chamber show that the higher black smoke emissions may be due to the combustion of the main injection quantity that occurs in a mixture that is insufficiently prepared and with nearly no delay due to the pilot injection. On the basis of these findings, it is concluded that a high degree of atomization and rapid vaporization of the main injection quantity must be accomplished. To achieve these goals better, a separate injection nozzle for the pilot quantity is preferred to an injection system with a single injection nozzle, providing both the pilot and the main quantity. Therefore, rather simple injection systems with a separate pilot injector can be developed that provide a constant pilot quantity and controlled pilot injection time over the entire engine map.

scholarly journals Experimental study of multiple pilot injection strategy in an automotive direct injection diesel engine

2018 ◽  
Vol 234 ◽  
pp. 03007
Author(s):  
Plamen Punov ◽  
Tsvetomir Gechev ◽  
Svetoslav Mihalkov ◽  
Pierre Podevin ◽  
Dalibor Barta
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Diesel Engines ◽  
Direct Injection ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Injection Timing ◽  
Pilot Injection ◽  
Injection Strategy ◽  
Direct Injection Diesel Engine ◽  
Rate Of Heat Release

The pilot injection strategy is a widely used approach for reducing the noise of the combustion process in direct injection diesel engines. In the last generation of automotive diesel engines up to several pilot injections could occur to better control the rate of heat release (ROHR) in the cylinder as well as the pollutant formation. However, determination of the timing and duration for each pilot injection needs to be precisely optimised. In this paper an experimental study of the pilot injection strategy was conducted on a direct injection diesel engine. Single and double pilot injection strategy was studied. The engine rated power is 100 kW at 4000 rpm while the rated torque is 320 Nm at 2000 rpm. An engine operating point determined by the rotation speed of 1400 rpm and torque of 100 Nm was chosen. The pilot and pre-injection timing was widely varied in order to study the influence on the combustion process as well as on the fuel consumption.

Development of optimal diesel injection strategy based on the prediction of performance and emissions using deep neural network

2021 ◽  
pp. 146808742110577
Author(s):  
Erdoğan Güner ◽  
Aliriza Kaleli ◽  
Kadir Bakirci ◽  
Mehmet Akif Ceviz
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Deep Neural Network ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Exhaust Emission ◽  
Pilot Injection ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Injection Strategy ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Performance And Emissions ◽  
Main Injection

This study aims to determine the optimal injection strategy by predicting the performance and exhaust emission parameters of a four-cylinder CRDI engine under several operating conditions. The experimental determination procedure is challenging and expensive calibration task since it requires a high number of tests. Many studies have focused on a limited level of parameters. In this study, design of experiments technique and deep neural network (DNN) modeling are used together. The experimental data set for the model is created using Taguchi L16 and L32 orthogonal arrays. The DNN model is developed to predict [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], HC, and CO emissions with speed, torque, injection timings and fuel quantities of each injection called as pilot1, pilot2, main, and post. In this way, it has become possible to evaluate the effects of a larger number of operating parameters in a wide range than the literature. The developed DNN model predicts the [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], HC, and CO with R2 0.939, 0.943, 0.963, and 0.966, respectively. Additionally, RMSE and MAE values for the model are between 0.024 and 0.048. The proposed method compared with the conventional look-up table method performs better in reducing the complexity and cost of experiments and exploration of the effects of injection parameters on engine emission and performance characteristics in a wide engine operating range. In conclusion, until 2300 rpm at specified torque (90 Nm), it is found that 70% of fuel quantity should inject in main injection to minimize [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] emissions. The post injection quantity should be increased by reducing the amount of main injection from this operating condition on. Furthermore, it is observed that the ratios of pilot injection durations do not change with increasing engine speed, but quantity of first pilot injection is more than that of second pilot injection.

scholarly journals Mechanism of Combustion Noise Influenced by Pilot Injection in PPCI Diesel Engines

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 1875 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingtao Du ◽  
Ximing Chen ◽  
Long Liu ◽  
Dai Liu ◽  
Xiuzhen Ma
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engines ◽  
Wavelet Transforms ◽  
Wavelet Packet ◽  
Combustion Noise ◽  
Pilot Injection ◽  
Injection Parameters ◽  
Emission Regulations ◽  
Main Injection ◽  
Simultaneous Decrease ◽  
Gas Recirculation

Pilot injection combined with exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) is usually utilized to realize the partially premixed compression ignition (PPCI) mode in diesel engines, which enables the simultaneous decrease of nitrogen oxide and soot emissions to satisfy emission regulations. Moreover, the ignition delay of main injection combustion can also be shortened by pilot injection, and then combustion noise is reduced. Nevertheless, the mechanisms of pilot injection impacts on combustion noise are not completely understood. As such, it is hard to optimize pilot injection parameters to minimize combustion noise. Therefore, experiments were conducted on a four-stroke single-cylinder diesel engine with different pilot injection strategies and 20% EGR as part of an investigation into this relationship. Firstly, the combustion noise was analyzed by cylinder pressure levels (CPLs). Then, the stationary wavelet transforms (SWTs) and stationary wavelet packet transform (SWPT) were employed to decompose in-cylinder pressures at different scales, and thus the combustion noise generated by pilot and main combustion was investigated in both the time and frequency domain. The results show that pilot injection is dominant in the high frequency segment of combustion noise, and main injection has a major impact on combustion noise in the low and mid frequency segment. Finally, the effects of various pilot injection parameters on suppressing combustion noise were analyzed in detail.

scholarly journals Detailed Injection Strategy Analysis of a Heavy-Duty Diesel Engine Running on Rape Methyl Ester

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (13) ◽  
pp. 3717
Author(s):  
Nikita Zuev ◽  
Andrey Kozlov ◽  
Alexey Terenchenko ◽  
Kirill Karpukhin ◽  
Ulugbek Azimov
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Pressure Rise ◽  
Base Case ◽  
Biodiesel Fuel ◽  
Pilot Injection ◽  
Post Injection ◽  
Heavy Duty ◽  
Injection Strategy ◽  
Fuel Mass

Using biodiesel fuel in diesel engines for heavy-duty transport is important to meet the stringent emission regulations. Biodiesel is an oxygenated fuel and its physical and chemical properties are close to diesel fuel, yet there is still a need to analyze and tune the fuel injection parameters to optimize the combustion process and emissions. A four-injections strategy was used: two pilots, one main and one post injection. A highly advanced SOI decreases the NOx and the compression work but makes the combustion process less efficient. The pilot injection fuel mass influences the combustion only at injection close to the top dead center during the compression stroke. The post injection has no influence on the compression work, only on the emissions and the indicated work. An optimal injection strategy was found to be: pilot SOI 19.2 CAD BTDC, pilot injection fuel mass 25.4%; main SOI 3.7 CAD BTDC, main injection fuel mass 67.3% mg; post SOI 2 CAD ATDC, post injection fuel mass 7.3% (the injection fuel mass is given as a percentage of the total fuel mass injected). This allows the indicated work near the base case level to be maintained, the pressure rise rate to decrease by 20% and NOx emissions to decrease by 10%, but leads to a 5% increase in PM emissions.

scholarly journals Chemiluminescence analysis of the effect of butanol-diesel fuel blends on the spray-combustion process in an experimental common rail diesel engine

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 1943-1957
Author(s):  
Simona Merola ◽  
Luca Marchitto ◽  
Cinzia Tornatore ◽  
Gerardo Valentino
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Flame Temperature ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Injection Pressure ◽  
Common Rail ◽  
Pilot Injection ◽  
Soot Emission ◽  
Compression Ignition Engine ◽  
Working Cycle ◽  
Main Injection

Combustion process was studied from the injection until the late combustion phase in an high swirl optically accessible combustion bowl connected to a single cylinder 2-stroke high pressure common rail compression ignition engine. Commercial diesel and blends of diesel and n-butanol (20%: BU20 and 40%: BU40) were used for the experiments. A pilot plus main injection strategy was investigated fixing the injection pressure and fuel mass injected per stroke. Two main injection timings and different pilot-main dwell times were explored achieving for any strategy a mixing controlled combustion. Advancing the main injection start, an increase in net engine working cycle (>40%) together with a strong smoke number decrease (>80%) and NOx concentration increase (@50%) were measured for all pilot injection timings. Compared to diesel fuel, butanol induced a decrease in soot emission and an increase in net engine working area when butanol ratio increased in the blend. A noticeable increase in NOx was detected at the exhaust for BU40 with a slight effect of the dwell-time. Spectroscopic investigations confirmed the delayed auto-ignition (~60 ms) of the pilot injection for BU40 compared to diesel. The spectral features for the different fuels were comparable at the start of combustion process, but they evolved in different ways. Broadband signal caused by soot emission, was lower for BU40 than diesel. Different balance of the bands at 309 and 282 nm, due to different OH transitions, were detected between the two fuels. The ratio of these intensities was used to follow flame temperature evolution.

A Signal Processing of In-Cylinder Pressure for the Resonant Frequency Prediction of Combustion Process in Diesel Engines

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ximing Chen ◽  
Long Liu ◽  
Jiguang Zhang ◽  
Jingtao Du
Keyword(s):  
Signal Processing ◽  
Fourier Transform ◽  
Wavelet Transform ◽  
Resonant Frequency ◽  
Diesel Engines ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Combustion Noise ◽  
Injection Timing ◽  
Cylinder Pressure ◽  
Empirical Wavelet Transform

The combustion resonance is a focal point of the analysis of combustion and thermodynamic processes in diesel engines, such as detecting ‘knock’ and predicting combustion noise. Combustion resonant frequency is also significant for the estimation of in-cylinder bulk gas temperature and trapped mass. Normally, the resonant frequency information is contained in in-cylinder pressure signals. Therefore, the in-cylinder pressure signal processing is used for resonant frequency calculation. Conventional spectral analyses, such as FFT (Fast Fourier transform), are unsuitable for processing in-cylinder pressure signals because of its non-stationary characteristic. Other approaches to deal with non-stationary signals are Short-Time Fourier Transform (STFT) and Continue Wavelet Transform (CWT). However, the choice of size and shape of window for STFT and the selection of wavelet basis for CWT are totally empirical, which is the limit for precisely calculating the resonant frequency. In this study, an approach based on Empirical Wavelet Transform (EWT) and Hilbert Transform (HT) is proposed to process in-cylinder pressure signals and extract resonant frequencies. In order to decompose in-cylinder pressure spectrum precisely, the EWT are applied for separating the frequency band corresponding combustion resonance mode from other irrelevant modes adaptively. The signals containing combustion resonant mode is processed by HT, so that the instantaneous resonant frequency and amplitude can be extracted. Validation is performed by four in-cylinder pressure signals with different injection timing. And the effects of injection timing on resonant frequency are discussed.

An Experimental Study on Smoke Reduction Effect of Post Injection in Combination With Pilot Injection for a Diesel Engine

2013 ◽  
Vol 136 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Long Liu ◽  
Naoto Horibe ◽  
Tatsuya Komizo ◽  
Issei Tamura ◽  
Takuji Ishiyama
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Injection Pressure ◽  
Injection Timing ◽  
Nox Emissions ◽  
Pilot Injection ◽  
Post Injection ◽  
Spray Flames ◽  
Injection Quantity ◽  
Main Injection ◽  
Reduction Effect

With the universal utilization of the common-rail injection system in automotive diesel engines, the multistage injection strategies have become typical approaches to satisfy the increasingly stringent emission regulations, and especially the post injection has received considerable attention as an effective way for reducing the smoke emissions. Normally the post injection is applied in combination with the pilot injection to restrain the NOx emissions, smoke emissions, and combustion noise simultaneously, and the pilot injection condition affects the combustion process of the main injection and might affect the smoke reduction effect of the post injection. Thus this study aims at obtaining the post injection strategy to reduce smoke emissions in a diesel engine, where post injection is employed in combination with pilot injection. The experiments were performed using a single-cylinder diesel engine under various conditions of pilot and post injection with a constant load at an IMEP of 1.01 MPa, fixed speed of 1500 rpm, and NOx emissions concentration of 150 ± 5 ppm that was maintained by adjusting the EGR ratio. The injection pressure was set at 90 MPa at first, and then it was varied to 125 MPa to evaluate the effects of post injection on the smoke reduction in the case of higher injection pressure. The experimental results show that small post injection quantity with a short interval from the end of main injection causes less smoke emissions. And larger pilot injection quantity and later pilot injection timing lead to higher smoke emissions. And then, to explore and interpret the smoke emissions tendencies with varying pilot and post injection conditions, the experimental results of three-stage injection conditions were compared to those of two reference cases, which only included the pilot and main injection, and the interaction between main spray flames and post sprays was applied for analysis. Based on the comparative analysis, the larger smoke reduction effect of post injection was observed with the larger pilot injection quantity, while it is not greatly influenced by pilot injection timing. In addition, the smoke emissions can be reduced considerably by increasing the injection pressure, however the smoke reduction effect of post injection was attenuated. And all of these tendencies were able to be interpreted by considering the intensity variation of the interaction between main spray flames and post sprays.

Parametric Study of the Scavenging Process in Marine Two-Stroke Diesel Engines

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fredrik Herland Andersen ◽  
Stefan Mayer
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engines ◽  
Vortex Breakdown ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Exhaust Valve ◽  
Delivery Ratio ◽  
Exhaust Gas ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
Cfd Model

Large commercial ships such as container vessels and bulk carriers are propelled by low-speed, uniflow scavenged two-stroke diesel engines. The integral in-cylinder process in this type of engine is the scavenging process, where the burned gas from the combustion process is evacuated through the exhaust valve and replaced with fresh air for the subsequent compression stroke. The scavenging air enters the cylinder via inlet ports which are uncovered by the piston at bottom dead center (BDC). The exhaust gas is then displaced by the fresh air. The scavenging ports are angled to introduce a swirling component to the flow. The in-cylinder swirl is beneficial for air-fuel mixture, cooling of the cylinder liner and minimizing dead zones where pockets of exhaust gas are trapped. However, a known characteristic of swirling flows is an adverse pressure gradient in the center of the flow, which might lead to a local deficit in axial velocity and the formation of central recirculation zones, known as vortex breakdown. This paper will present a CFD analysis of the scavenging process in a MAN B&W two-stroke diesel engine. The study include a parameter sweep where the operating conditions such as air amount, port timing and scavenging pressure are varied. The CFD model comprise the full geometry from scavenge receiver to exhaust receiver. Asymmetric inlet and outlet conditions is included as well as the dynamics of a moving piston and valve. Time resolved boundary conditions corresponding to measurements from an operating, full scale production, engine as well as realistic initial conditions are used in the simulations. The CFD model provides a detailed description of the in-cylinder flow from exhaust valve opening (EVO) to exhaust valve closing (EVC). The study reveals a close coupling between the volume flow (delivery ratio) and the in-cylinder bulk purity of air which appears to be independent of operating conditions, rpm, scavenge air pressure, BMEP etc. The bulk purity of air in the cylinder shows good agreement with a simple theoretical perfect displacement model.

Enhanced Splash Models for High Pressure Diesel Sprays

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Allocca ◽  
L. Andreassi ◽  
S. Ubertini
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engines ◽  
Second Harmonic ◽  
Laser Sheet ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Numerical Data ◽  
Ccd Camera ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Injection System ◽  
Correct Operation ◽  
Common Rail Injection System

Mixture preparation is a crucial aspect for the correct operation of modern DI Diesel engines as it greatly influences and alters the combustion process and therefore, the exhaust emissions. The complete comprehension of the spray impingement phenomenon is a quite complete task and to completely exploit the phenomenon a mixed numerical-experimental approach has to be considered. On the modeling side, several studies can be found in the scientific literature but only in the last years complete multidimensional modeling has been developed and applied to engine simulations. Among the models available in literature, in this paper, the models by Bai and Gosman [1] and by Lee et al. [2, 3] have been selected and implemented in the KIVA-3V code. On the experimental side, the behavior of a Diesel impinging spray emerging from a common rail injection system (injection pressures of 80 MPa and 120 MPa) has been analysed. The impinging spray has been lightened by a pulsed laser sheet generated from the second harmonic of a Nd-YAG laser. The images have been acquired by a CCD camera at different times from the start of injection (SOI). Digital image processing software has enabled to extract the characteristic parameters of the impinging spray with respect to different operating conditions. The comparison of numerical and experimental data shows that both models should be modified in order to allow a proper simulation of the splash phenomena in modern Diesel engines. Then the numerical data in terms of radial growth, height and shape of the splash cloud, as predicted by modified versions of the models are compared to the experimental ones. Differences among the models are highlighted and discussed.

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