Research of the modernized intake system of the gasoline engine

Problem. In recent years, Ukraine has seen a sharp decline in ambient temperature, especially in the winter. Accordingly, this has a negative impact on the performance of car engines (difficult to start and prolonged warm-up), as the lion's share of private sector cars are parked in open areas and are subject to sudden temperature and humidity changes. Therefore, to partially solve this problem, our attention was focused on the air lines of the intake system of the gasoline engine, as this system is easily accessible and does not require significant design changes for its modernization. Goal. The purpose of the work is to ensure the ease of starting the gasoline engine and reduce the time to warm up. Methodology. Operation of the car in the conditions of the lowered temperatures, essentially promotes deterioration of its fuel economy. The basis of such a negative process of fuel consumption is incomplete combustion of the working mixture. And this is the deterioration of spraying and evaporation of fuel and increasing the duration of engine warm-up. At such low ambient temperatures, the effective operation of the car in a garage depends significantly on the method of its preparation (which should at a minimum cost of fuel and energy resources to ensure rapid and reliable engine start and accelerated warm-up). We decided to obtain thermal energy to heat the inlet air at no additional cost. This is the installation of a gasoline engine with a spark ignition of the incandescent coil in the intake air line, which will receive power from the battery. Such modernization of the system does not require major design changes and significant financial investments Unresolved issues remain to assess the effectiveness of the process of heating the air entering the combustion chamber of the engine to create a working mixture. It should be noted that the optimal heating of the engines is most appropriate to carry out (ie heating the coolant and oil in the engine lubrication system) not to the temperature of the operating thermal mode, but to the temperature that ensures its reliable start. Results. The scheme of connection of a heater of intake air in an onboard electric network of the car is presented. The results of the heat balance of the studied gasoline engine (using cold and heated air flow) during its heating are obtained. The optimum temperature of the warmed-up engine at which further economical operation of the car is possible is established. Originality. This spiral heater was first used to heat the intake air charge during the start-up and warm-up of a gasoline engine. Practical value. The developed heating equipment can be used for both gasoline and diesel internal combustion engines. It should be switched on only during engine start-up and warm-up.

Experiment of Solar Semiconductor Condensing Wall Water Intake System Based on Big Data

With the rapid development of industry and agriculture, fresh water resources are increasingly scarce, desertification control project investment is more, but the benefit is small. In order to solve the practical problem of water scarcity in desert areas and the waste caused by water not being applied precisely to plants, Based on the rapid development of 5G network signal transmission technology and big data analysis technology, a set of solar semiconductor condensation wall water intake system is designed to inject new vitality into the process of desertification control by taking advantage of the environmental and climatic characteristics of desert areas. Through theoretical analysis, big data analysis and experimental study of the system, taking Liangzhou District of Wuwei City in Gansu Province as an example, the comprehensive analysis of the system was carried out. The results show that the theoretical water output per hour of the system is 138.3g, and the cumulative power generation of the system in 20 years is 28800kWh, which can reduce standard coal combustion by 8.64t, reduce CO2222.64t, and save 33609.6 yuan.

Flow simulation in air intake system of gas turbine

THE PURPOSE. To study the issues of air intake system’s performance as the part of the gas turbines. To estimate the possibility of modeling different performance factors of air intake systems with numerical simulation methods. To develop the recommendations of setting up the grid and the numerical models for researches in air intake system’s performance and assessing the technical condition of elements of it. METHODS. The main method, which was used during the whole study, is computational fluid dynamics with usage of CAE-systems.RESULTS. During the study the recommendations for setting up the numerical model were developed. Such factors as grid model parameters, roughness scale, pressure drop in elements of air intake system and some more were investigated. The method for heat exchanger’s performance simulation were created for modeling the air temperature raising. CONCLUSION. The air intake system’s performance analysis becomes one of the actual topics for research because of the high demands of gas turbines to air, which is used in its annulus. The main part of these researches is in analysis of dangerous regimes of work (e.g. the icing process of annulus elements) or in assessing technical condition of air intake systems and its influence to the gas turbine as a whole. The developed method of numerical simulation allows to get the adequate results with low requirements for computational resources. Also this method allows to model the heat exchanger performance and study its defects’ influence to the performance of air intake system as a whole.

Spectral analysis of gas dynamic processes in the inlet system of a piston engine with turbocharger

THE PURPOSE. To carry out a comparative analysis of the spectra of gas-dynamic characteristics of flows in the intake systems of piston engines with and without turbocharging, to assess the degree of influence of the turbocharger on the flow structure in such systems, and also to propose a method for the gas-dynamic improvement of processes in the system under consideration. METHODS. Due to the complexity of the object of research, an experimental approach was taken as a basis. The experiments were carried out on a single-cylinder piston engine model, which could be equipped with a turbocharger. A system for collecting and processing experimental data based on an analog-to-digital converter was used in the study. Data on changes in local values of velocity and static pressure of pulsating flows in the intake system during the engine's operating cycle were obtained using a constant temperature hot-wire anemometer and a fast-acting pressure sensor. Spectral analysis of functions of flow velocity and pressure versus time was carried out on the basis of the fast Fourier transform algorithm.RESULTS. The article presents a comparative analysis of the spectra of the amplitudes of the velocity and pressure pulsations in the intake system of an engine with and without turbocharging. Also proposed is a method for stabilizing the pulsating flow in the intake system by installing a leveling grid in the outlet channel of the turbocharger compressor. CONCLUSION. It is shown that the installation of a turbocharger leads to a significant change in the structure of gas flows in the intake system of the engine. It has been established that the presence of a leveling grid in the intake system of a turbocharged piston engine leads to a decrease in the low-frequency amplitudes of the flow velocity and pressure pulsations up to 30%. It is shown that the probability of failure-free operation of an automobile engine (cylinder diameter – 82 mm, piston stroke – 71 mm) increases by almost 1% when a leveling grille is used in the intake system.