In a stratified charge engine, a glow plug pilot flame ignition system has been compared with a spark-ignition system for a model stratified charge Wankel combustion chamber. A motored two-stroke diesel engine was operated as a rapid compression and expansion machine with the cylinder head replaced by a model Wankel combustion chamber designed to simulate the temporal changes of air flow and pressure fields inside the chamber of an actual engine. It was found that the pilot flame ignition system had better ignitability and improved combustion characteristics, especially in the lean mixture range, relative to the spark-ignition system.
Combustion characteristics of spark-ignition and pilot flame ignition systems in a model Wankel stratified charge engine
2000-08-01
7 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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