Influence of Mixture Quality on Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition 982454
The major advantages with Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition, HCCI, is high efficiency in combination with low NOx-emissions. The major drawback with HCCI is the problem to control the ignition timing over a wide load and speed range. Other drawbacks are the limitation in attainable IMEP and relativly high emissions of unburned hydrocarbons. But the use of Exhaust Gas Recycling (EGR) instead of only air, slows down the rate of combustion and makes it possible to use lower air/fuel ratio, which increases the attainable upper load limit. The influence of mixture quality was therefore experimentally investigated. The effects of different EGR rates, air/fuel ratios and inlet mixture temperatures were studied. The compression ratio was set to 18:1. The fuels used were iso-octane, ethanol and commercially available natural gas. The engine was operated naturally aspirated mode for all tests. Stable operation could be achieved with ethanol at about 5 bar of IMEP with a gross indicated efficiency close to 50 %. Stable operation of the engine was achieved with over 60 % EGR.
Citation: Christensen, M. and Johansson, B., "Influence of Mixture Quality on Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition," SAE Technical Paper 982454, 1998, https://doi.org/10.4271/982454. Download Citation
Author(s):
Magnus Christensen, Bengt Johansson
Affiliated:
Division of Combustion Engines, Lund Institute of Technology
Pages: 15
Event:
International Fall Fuels and Lubricants Meeting and Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Alternative Fuels 1998-SP-1391, SAE 1998 Transactions - Journal of Fuels and Lubricants-V107-4
Related Topics:
Exhaust gas recirculation (EGR)
Natural gas
Ignition timing
Ethanol
Combustion and combustion processes
HCCI engines
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