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Combustion performance of dual-injection using n-butanol direct-injection and gasoline port fuel-injection in a SI engine

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  • Feng, Dengquan
  • Wei, Haiqiao
  • Pan, Mingzhang
  • Zhou, Lei
  • Hua, Jianxiong

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In this study, combustion performance of dual-injection using n-butanol direct-injection (DI) and gasoline port fuel-injection (PFI) was evaluated. Dual-injection with various mass fraction of gasoline PFI and n-butanol DI were examined in a single cylinder SI engine operating at 1500 r/min, wide-open-throttle and stoichiometric air-fuel ratio (λ = 1). Indicated mean effective pressure (IMEP), knock behaviors, cylinder pressure and fuel consumption performance of dual-injection were compared with those of gasoline single-injection. At maximum brake torque (MBT) spark timings, dual-injections can produce higher engine IMEP when compared with gasoline PFI single-injection. Due to the increased engine IMEPs, dual-injections of 80% gasoline PFI-20% n-butanol DI (G80B20) and 50% gasoline PFI-50% n-butanol DI (G50B50) exhibited higher knock propensity and heavier knock intensity. When the mass fraction ratio of n-butanol DI reached to 80%, in-cylinder cooling effects of n-butanol vaporization dominated and led to a decrease of knock occurrence. Through in-cylinder pressure measurement, relatively high maximum combustion pressure with earlier crank angle were observed under dual-injection modes. Increase of the mass fraction of n-butanol DI, dual-injections resulted in higher fuel consumption rates. Nevertheless, comparisons of the indicated specific energy consumption rates of each injection mode indicated that n-butanol gasoline dual-injection had superior fuel conversion efficiencies.

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  • Feng, Dengquan & Wei, Haiqiao & Pan, Mingzhang & Zhou, Lei & Hua, Jianxiong, 2018. "Combustion performance of dual-injection using n-butanol direct-injection and gasoline port fuel-injection in a SI engine," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 160(C), pages 573-581.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:160:y:2018:i:c:p:573-581
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2018.07.042
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