Air-fuel mixing and combustion behavior of gasoline-ethanol blends in a GDI wall-guided turbocharged multi-cylinder optical engine

Francesco Catapano, Paolo Sementa and Bianca Maria Vaglieco

Renewable Energy, 2016, vol. 96, issue PA, 319-332

Abstract: The investigation of phenomena involved in gasoline direct injection 4-stroke, 4-cylinder, optically-accessible engine were carried out at part load and speed condition with different ethanol-gasoline blends. The influence of injection pressure on ethanol addition, at percentages of 10%, 50% and 85%, was investigated by conventional and optical diagnostics. Combustion characteristics, such as mass fraction burned, heat release rate and combustion duration were calculated based on in-cylinder pressure curve data, Emissions of UHC, NOX, CO, CO2, and PM were measured. The injection and combustion phase by high spatial and temporal optical measurements were characterized. The spray penetration, and the flame structure and propagation speed were obtained by optical data.

Keywords: Direct injection SI engine; Ethanol blends; In-cylinder optical diagnostics; Spray analysis; Charge formation; Combustion process characterization; Emissions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2016.04.087

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