Thermodynamic diagnosis of diesel and biodiesel combustion processes during load-increase transient sequences

Octavio Armas, Rosario Ballesteros and María Dolores Cardenas

Applied Energy, 2012, vol. 97, issue C, 558-568

Abstract: The study of the diesel combustion process is a current topic by the need of thermal efficiency improving and the reduction of pollutant emissions. This circumstance has forced researchers and manufacturers to optimize this process not only in steady state operating conditions but also during transient operation. A zero dimensional thermodynamic diagnostic model, with three species (air, fuel evaporated and burned products), has been used to characterize the combustion process during load increase transient sequences at two different engine speed. In both sequences, three variables were studied: the valve position of the exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), the elapsed time of the transition process and the type of fuel. Three biodiesel fuels were tested pure: rapeseed, soybean and sunflower which were compared to a commercial diesel fuel used as reference. Results are presented comparing the in-cylinder average maximum pressure and temperature, and the phasing of the combustion process based on the calculation of heat release. This study has allowed the detection of the effect of the tested engine parameters and the biodiesel fuels used on the in-cylinder thermodynamic conditions during the load transient sequences studied.

Keywords: Diesel; Biodiesel; Thermodynamic diagnosis; Transient load-increase; EGR; Common rail injection system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.12.058

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