Evaluation of the ducted fuel injection concept for medium duty engines and multi-hole nozzles: An optical analysis

José V. Pastor, Carlos Micó, Felipe Lewiski and Usama Bin-Khalid

Applied Energy, 2024, vol. 376, issue PB, No S030626192401688X

Abstract: Ducted Fuel Injection (DFI) is a strategy still in development, which has proved to be effective in reducing soot emissions in compression ignition engines. It works by driving the spray, formed by a high-pressure fuel injection, through a small duct co-axial to the spray itself, which is expected to affect the mixture formation and combustion process, in turn leading to noticeable reduction in soot formation. This strategy has been mostly deployed in spray vessels or in some cases in heavy duty engines consisting of mostly 2-to-4-hole nozzle injectors. For this reason, the work here is aimed to study the potential of DFI in a medium-duty single-cylinder optical engine fueled with conventional diesel having an 8-hole nozzle injector. Two different optical techniques including OH* chemiluminescence and 2-color pyrometry have been utilized to perform the analysis regarding combustion evolution and soot formation. A parametric analysis regarding different geometrical parameters including stand-off distance, diameter and length of duct has been carried out regarding the DFI performance. Results indicate that DFI does decrease the soot emissions in the context of this study and the duct geometrical parameters influence combustion evolution and soot formation ultimately affecting the device's performance. However, the scale of soot reduction is not as high as reported in previous studies, which is limited by specific boundary conditions including combustion chamber design, piston geometry utilized in this study.

Keywords: Ducted fuel injection; Compression ignition; Soot; NOx; Optical techniques; Combustion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.124305

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