The purpose of this study is to determine a pilot injection control strategy for the improvement of dual-fuel combustion with a lean natural gas/air mixture. Experiments were performed using a single cylinder test engine equipped with a common-rail injection system. The injection pressure, timing and quantity were varied at a fixed overall equivalence ratio of 0.5. The results of single-stage-injection experiments show that middle injection timings (−20 to −10 degATDC) produce low emissions of unburned species, because the pilot-fuel vapor spreads into the natural-gas lean mixture and raises the effective equivalence ratio, which leads to fast flame propagation. Early injection (−35degATDC) is advantageous for low NOx emission; however, increased emissions of unburned species are barriers. Two-stage pilot injection offers improved thermal efficiency and reduced exhaust emissions when early first-stage injection (−45 to −40degATDC) and moderately early second-stage injection are selected. Analysis of the heat release rate data indicates that the second injection controls the start of heat release, while the first-stage injection affects the overall flame propagation speed. Increased ratio of the first-stage injection quantity is useful for low hydrocarbon (HC) and NOx emissions with high thermal efficiency.


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    Title :

    Improvement of Performance and Reduction of Exhaust Emissions by Pilot-Fuel-Injection Control in a Lean-Burning Natural-Gas Dual-Fuel Engine


    Additional title:

    Sae Int. J. Fuels Lubr
    Sae International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SAE International Powertrains, Fuels and Lubricants Meeting ; 2011



    Publication date :

    2011-08-30


    Size :

    11 pages




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English






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