Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINE RESEARCH
Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages 80-91Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1468087412451695
Keywords
Stratified direct injection; downsizing; boosting; injection pressure; stratified exhaust gas reciculation; emissions
Funding
- German Research Foundation (DFG)
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The combination of gasoline direct injection and turbocharging is a promising method to reduce the fuel consumption of internal combustion engines through engine downsizing, which leads to increased engine efficiencies and a reduction of CO2 emissions at a comparable power output. Spray-guided direct injection allows overall lean and unthrottled operation, which is realized with a highly stratified mixture at part load. However, exhaust gas aftertreatment with conventional three-way catalysts is currently not possible. Furthermore, insufficient mixture preparation, especially at the upper load limit of stratified charge operation, causes increased particulate matter emissions. This paper discusses the advantages of engine downsizing, by gasoline direct injection in combination with turbocharging, to reduce fuel consumption and presents the results of experimental and numerical investigations of stratified exhaust gas recirculation in a single-cylinder gasoline engine to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions. The radial exhaust gas stratification was achieved by a spatial and temporal separated induction of exhaust gas and fresh air, performed by specially shaped baffles and impulse charge valves in the inlet port. The thermodynamic and optical investigations with injection pressures up to 1000 bar demonstrate the capability to reduce soot emissions in a spray-guided direct-injection engine.
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