With the high auto ignition temperature of natural gas, various approaches such as high compression ratios and/or intake charge heating are required for auto ignition. Another approach utilizes the trapping of internal residual gas (as used before in gasoline controlled auto ignition engines), to lower the thermal requirements for the auto ignition process in natural gas. In the present work, the achievable engine load range is controlled by the degree of internal trapping of exhaust gas supplemented by intake charge heating. Special valve strategies were used to control the internal retention of exhaust gas. Significant differences in the degree of valve overlap were necessary when compared to gasoline operation at the same speeds and loads, resulting in lower amounts of residual gas observed. The dilution effect of residual gas trapping is hence reduced, resulting in higher NOx emissions for the stoichiometric air/fuel ratio operation as compared to gasoline.
Residual Gas Trapping for Natural Gas HCCI
Sae Technical Papers
2004 SAE Fuels & Lubricants Meeting & Exhibition ; 2004
2004-06-08
Conference paper
English
Nitrogen oxides , Valves , Natural gas , Gases , Gasoline
Residual gas trapping for natural gas HCCI
Automotive engineering | 2004
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