Measurement of Cyclic Variation of the Air-to-Fuel Ratio of Exhaust Gas in an SI Engine by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

Yuji Ikeda and Nobuyuki Kawahara
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Yuji Ikeda: i-Lab., Inc., #213 KIBC Bldg., 5-5-2 Minatojima-Minami, Chuo, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
Nobuyuki Kawahara: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Okayama University 3-1-1 Tsushima-Naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 9, 1-14

Abstract: Temporally and spatially resolved laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) was applied to a four-stroke, single-cylinder test engine’s cyclic exhaust gas to demonstrate engine performance. The LIBS technique provided quantitative air-to-fuel ratio (A/F) measurements by generating localized breakdown plasma during the compression and exhaust strokes. The results showed that the timing and duration settings of the emission energy ionization and molecular spectra affect the intensity peaks. Optimum measurements performed between 200 ns and 10 ms after breakdown resulted in observed atomic spectra of CI (248 nm), H β (485 nm), H α (656 nm), NI (745, 824 nm), and OI (777, 844 nm). The intensities of CI (248 nm) and H α (656 nm) decreased with increasing A/F, whereas the intensity ratios of NI and OI remained constant. A decrease in the intensity ratio of C/O and H α /O was observed as the A/F increased. This study is a major step toward defining a means of using LIBS to control the A/F ratio in gasoline engines by focusing on the exhaust gas rather than the flame.

Keywords: laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy; air-to-fuel ratio; exhaust gas; cyclic variation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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