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Exploring the potential benefits of Ethanol Direct Injection (EDI) timing and pressure on particulate emission characteristics in a Dual-Fuel Spark Ignition (DFSI) engine

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JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
Volume 357, Issue -, Pages -

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131938

Keywords

Dual-fuel spark ignition (DFSI) engine; Particulate emissions; Ethanol; Injection timing; Injection pressure

Funding

  1. National Engineering Laboratory for Mobile Source Emission Control Technology [NELMS2017C01]
  2. European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) via Interreg North-West Europe [NWE553]

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This paper systematically explores the potential benefits of Ethanol Direct Injection (EDI) timing and pressure on particulate emission characteristics in a Dual-Fuel Spark Ignition (DFSI) engine. The experimental results demonstrate that delaying EDI timing and increasing EDI pressure can significantly reduce both the number and mass concentration of particulate matter, as well as alter the size distribution of particles. The effect of EDI pressure on reducing particulate number is more prominent.
Nowadays, particulate matter emitted by vehicles severely impacts environmental quality and human health. In this paper, the potential benefits of Ethanol Direct Injection (EDI) timing and pressure on particulate emission characteristics in a Dual-Fuel Spark Ignition (DFSI) engine were initially and systematically explored. The experimental results illustrate that by delaying EDI timing from -340 degrees CA to -300 degrees CA, there is a significant benefit in both particulate number and mass concentration. Furthermore, the size distribution curve of particulate number changes from bimodal to unimodal, meantime size distribution curves of particulate mass consistently concentrate on the accumulation mode. By increasing EDI pressure from 5.5 MPa to 18 MPa, the droplet size of ethanol spray can be effectively reduced. The benefit of increasing EDI pressure is more apparent in reducing particulate number is than particulate mass. The concentration of number and mass for total particulates have a reduction of 51.15% and 22.64%, respectively. In summary, it was demonstrated that an appropriate EDI timing or high EDI pressure could be a practical and efficient way to reduce particulate emissions in a DFSI engine.

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