Engine downsizing is an effective technology to lower automotive CO2 emissions. However, the high load low speed regions are plagued with knocking combustion that are usually overcome by retarding the ignition. This interferes with the efficiency gains due to very late combustion. This paper reports the use of Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) on a Ford Ecoboost 1l downsized gasoline turbocharged direct injection (GTDI) engine to improve efficiency by optimising combustion phasing unlocked by the improved knock resistance with EGR dilution. Further ignition system upgrades are tested for impact towards further efficiency improvements. 75mJ (standard) and 120mJ (high energy) ignition systems were compared. The experimental results showed that the brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) can be improved by 5.6% with EGR dilution at 25%. When considering combined effects of EGR and high energy ignition upon engine fuel economy, the BSFC gain improves to 7.9%.


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    Title :

    Expansion of external EGR effective region and influence of dilution on boosted operation of a downsized turbocharged GDI engine


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:
    Zhao, Hua (author) / Shimura, Ray (author) / Wang, Xinyan (author)

    Conference:

    2019 JSAE/SAE Powertrains, Fuels and Lubricants ; 2019



    Publication date :

    2019-12-19




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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