A 1975 California model automobile with an 8:1 C.R. 350 CID engine was modified by increasing the compression ratio to 9:1 which resulted in improved fuel economy. The higher NOX emission were reduced to the base level by substituting a back pressure-controlled EGR unit for the original valve and increasing the EGR flow. Octane requierement was controlled by a knock sensor-actuated spark timing retard system. The knock sensor (accelerometer) is attached to one of the cylinder heads of the engine. When knock occurs, the vibration is picked up by the sensor, the signal is filtered to remove some of the engine background noise, and the knock pulse is detected. When the amplitude of the detected knock signal exceeds a threshold, the spark timing is retarded. When no knocking is detected over a waiting period, the timing is advanced back to its normal schedule. Using this system, the vehicle's octane requirement can be lowered several numbers with some performance debit, i.e., slower acceleration times.


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    Titel :

    Reduction of octane requirement by knock sensor spark retard system


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Moeglichkeiten der Verminderung der Oktanzahl durch Spaetzuendung mittels eines Klopfsensors


    Beteiligte:
    Kraus, B.J. (Autor:in) / Godici, P.E. (Autor:in) / King, W.H. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1978


    Format / Umfang :

    16 Seiten, 17 Bilder, 11 Tabellen, 8 Quellen


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch




    Reduction of Octane Requirement by Knock Sensor Spark Retard System

    Kraus, B.J. / Godici, P. E. / King, W.H. | SAE Technical Papers | 1978


    Reduction of octane requirement by knock sensor spark retard system

    Kraus,B.Z. / Godici,P.E. / King,W.H. et al. | Kraftfahrwesen | 1978



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    An Acceleration Based Method to Determine the Octane Number Requirement of Knock Sensor Equipped Vehicles

    Whelan, David E. / Schmidt, Gerald K. / Hischier, Mark E. | SAE Technical Papers | 1998