The NOx emission and knock characteristics of a PFI engine operating on ethanol/gasoline mixtures were assessed at 1500 and 2000 rpm with λ =1 under Wide-Open-Throttle condition. There was no significant charge cooling due to fuel evaporation. The decrease in NOx emission and exhaust temperature could be explained by the change in adiabatic flame temperature of the mixture. The fuel knock resistance improved significantly with the gasohol so that ignition could be timed at a value much closer or at MBT timing. Changing from 0% to 100% ethanol in the fuel, this combustion phasing improvement led to a 20% increase in NIMEP and 8 percentage points in fuel conversion efficiency at 1500 rpm. At 2000 rpm, where knocking was less severe, the improvement was about half (10% increase in NIMEP and 4 percentage points in fuel conversion efficiency). Because there was no significant change in the end gas temperature in these experiments, the gasohol knock resistance was attributed solely to the ignition chemistry of the ethanol.
Effects of Ethanol Content on Gasohol PFI Engine Wide-Open-Throttle Operation
Sae Int. J. Fuels Lubr
Sae International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants
Powertrains, Fuels and Lubricants Meeting ; 2009
Sae International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants ; 2 , 1 ; 895-901
2009-06-15
7 pages
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
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