Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINE RESEARCH
Volume 22, Issue 1, Pages 152-164Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1468087419838393
Keywords
Injection strategies; gasoline; ethanol; efficiency; particulate emissions; turbocharged direct injection spark ignition; knock
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A study was conducted on the effects of a wide range of fuel injection strategies on thermal efficiency and engine-out emissions for gasoline and ethanol fuel blends. Combining ethanol blends with a multiple injection strategy led to significant improvements in engine-out particulate and gaseous emissions while maintaining or slightly improving engine brake thermal efficiency. The research proposed a parameter for characterizing multiple injection strategies, including the effects of the number of injections, fuel mass in each injection, and the dwell time between injections.
The effects of a broad range of fuel injection strategies on thermal efficiency and engine-out emissions (CO, total hydrocarbons, NOx and particulate number) were studied for gasoline and ethanol fuel blends. A state-of-the-art production multi-cylinder turbocharged gasoline direct injection engine equipped with piezoelectric injectors was used to study fuels and fueling strategies not previously considered in the literature. A large parametric space was considered including up to four fuel injection events with variable injection timing and variable fuel mass in each injection event. Fuel blends of E30 (30% by volume ethanol) and E85 (85% by volume ethanol) were compared with baseline E0 (reference grade gasoline). The engine was operated over a range of loads with intake manifold absolute pressure from 800 to 1200 mbar. A combined application of ethanol blends with a multiple injection strategy yielded considerable improvement in engine-out particulate and gaseous emissions while maintaining or slightly improving engine brake thermal efficiency. The weighted injection spread parameter defined in this study, combined with the weighted center of injection timing defined in the previous literature, was found well suited to characterize multiple injection strategies, including the effects of the number of injections, fuel mass in each injection and the dwell time between injections.
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