Effect of pre-post injection timing of diesel fuel for naval vessel on the combustion and emission characteristics in an optically-accessible single cylinder diesel engine

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (7) ◽  
pp. 868-876
Author(s):  
Hyungmin Lee

This paper represents the relative performance of a small single-cylinder diesel engine having capacity 3.5 kW. This paper covers experimental investigations of most influencing combustion parameters such as compression ratio, injection pressure and start of injection timing and their values on performance, emission and combustion characteristic of the small single-cylinder CRDI diesel engine for which the mechanical fuel injection system retrofitted with a simple version of the CRDI system. CRDI has yielded good results for large diesel and petrol engines but still not incorporate for cheaper small single-cylinder engines, typically used in the agricultural sector and decentralized power sector for a country like India. It is observed that starts of injection timing and injection pressure are the key parameters for improving the combustion characteristics and therefore engine performance while compression ratio mainly affects the emission characteristics of the engine. Retrofitted CRDI system yielded improved exhaust emission and performance of the engine.


2019 ◽  
Vol 895 ◽  
pp. 109-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Jagadish ◽  
Gumtapure Veershetty

The aim of this work is to examine the performance, combustion as well as emission characteristics of diesel engine performed for various mixtures of methane-enriched biogas (95% CH4). Experiments were performed on a single cylinder, four-stroke constant speed, direct injection, water-cooled diesel engine. The engine is operated by means of dual fuel mode using diesel and different mixtures of methane-enriched biogas (BG) like BG10, BG20, BG30, and BG40 mixed with the air (i.e. BG40-40% of CH4 by volume respectively) for different loads and at injection timing of 27.5° before top dead centre (bTDC). The performance, combustion and emission characteristics of the engine operated by dual fuel mode were experimentally analyzed, and compared with respect to diesel mode. The experimental result reveals that better performance and lower emissions were observed for BG40 compared to other mixtures. The brake thermal efficiency of BG40 is lower by 2.43% compared to diesel at full load. The cylinder peak pressure for dual fuel mode is higher by 6.55% when compared with diesel mode. NOx emission reduced by 2.6 % and CO emission increased by 3.3% compared to diesel at full load respectively. Keywords: Biogas, Energy, Combustion, Emission, Injection timing, dual fuel mode


Author(s):  
M. Nandeesh ◽  
R. Harishkumar ◽  
C.R. Rajashekar ◽  
N.R. Banapurmath ◽  
V.S. Yaliwal

The conventional diesel fuels are depleting at a faster pace. To reduce the burden on the economy, the reserves and sources for future has to be limited. The use of biodiesel derivatives from various sources and its blends in diesel engine has gained more importance in recent years. The present work investigates the feasibility of using dairy scum methyl esters (DSOME) of B20 blend in a modified single cylinder of common rail direct injection (CRDI) engine at a constant speed. Experiments were carried out at different injection timings from 25deg BTDC to 5deg ATDC with constant injection pressure as 600 bar. The fuel injection timing plays an important role in evaluating the performance, emission and combustion characteristics of the engine. The results show that the performance is improved with retarded injection timings compared to the operation of single cylinder DI engine fuelled with DSOME B20 biodiesel.


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