Diesel engines are an important technology for transportation of both people and goods. However, historically they have suffered a significant downside of high soot and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions. Recently, ducted fuel injection (DFI) has been demonstrated to attenuate soot formation in compression-ignition engines and combustion vessels by 50% to 100%. This allows for diesel engines to be run at low-NOx emissions that would have otherwise produced significantly more soot due to the soot/NOx tradeoff. Currently the root causes of this soot attenuation are not well understood. To be able to better optimize DFI for use across a variety of engines and conditions, it is important to understand clearly how it works. This study expands on the current understanding of DFI by using numerical modeling under nonreacting conditions to provide insights about the roles of entrainment and mixing that would have been much more challenging to obtain experimentally. This study found that DFI enhances charge gas entrainment upstream of the duct and blocks entrainment inside of the duct. Mixing is enhanced by the duct, which results in lower peak equivalence ratios at the exit of the duct.
Ducted Fuel Injection vs. Free-Spray Injection: A Study of Mixing and Entrainment Effects Using Numerical Modeling
Sae Int. J. Engines
Sae International Journal of Engines ; 13 , 5 ; 705-715
2020-10-05
11 pages
Conference paper
English
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