Spark retard is desirable for decreasing cold start hydrocarbon emissions and lighting off the catalyst more rapidly. The focus of this work is to better understand the nature of the HC emissions as spark is retarded and investigate the location of the oxidation (in-cylinder or in the exhaust port and manifold). Fast FID measurements were taken in the exhaust port of a single cylinder research engine during cold, retarded spark engine operation (1200 rpm, 2.5 bar IMEP, 20 °C fluids).At moderate spark retard both Fast FID (exhaust port) and exhaust plenum HC levels decreased due to reduced crevice volume fraction at the end of burn, and increased in-cylinder burn up. In contrast, at large spark retard the port HC's increased dramatically while the exhaust plenum levels continued to fall to near zero. This is thought to be due to the onset of incomplete in-cylinder combustion along with increased exhaust port and manifold after-burning caused by the increasing exhaust gas temperatures.


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    Title :

    SI Engine Operation with Retarded Ignition: Part 2 -HC Emissions and Oxidation


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:
    Lavoie, G. (author) / Thiel, M. (author) / Russ, S. (author)

    Conference:

    International Fuels & Lubricants Meeting & Exposition ; 1999



    Publication date :

    1999-10-25




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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