Journal Article
Combustion Characteristics of Emulsified Blends of Water and Diesel Fuel in a Diesel Engine with Cooled EGR and Pilot Injection
2013-10-15
2013-32-9022
Water and diesel fuel emulsions containing 13% and 26% water by volume were investigated in a modern diesel engine with relatively early pilot injection, supercharging, and cooled EGR. The heat release from the pilot injection with water emulsions is retarded toward the top dead center due to the poor ignitability, which enables larger pilot and smaller main injection quantities. ...Heat transfer analysis with Woschni's equation did not show the decrease in cooling loss with the water emulsion fuels. Single spray combustions with the water emulsions and the regular unblended diesel fuel in a constant volume combustion vessel were analyzed with a high-speed video and a 2-D two-color method. ...Water and diesel fuel emulsions containing 13% and 26% water by volume were investigated in a modern diesel engine with relatively early pilot injection, supercharging, and cooled EGR.