Krzysztof Wisłocki

Combustion process shaping by use of different strategies of multiple fuel injection in a CI model engine

Technological advancement in combustion systems of diesel engines triggers the need of fulfilling many contradictory requirements. Among those are such issues as maintenance of environmental standards in terms of the exhaust emissions with a simultaneous preservation of the thermodynamic properties of the combustion process and fuel consumption. The paper discusses the results of research on the influence of the strategies of fuel dose division on the combustion process and operational indexes in a model engine. The paper also contains an exhaust gas analysis conducted with the use of a rapid compression machine. The investigations of the combustion process (development of the self-ignition spots) were conducted using high speed camera. The recorded images related to the period from the onset of the injection to the beginning of the appearance of combustion spots have also been analyzed. The following have been varied: number of doses, size of doses, dwell times and excess air coefficient. The authors performed a comparative analysis of the thermodynamic indexes of the combustion process obtained from the indicator tracings. The achieved results show possibilities of the influencing on the combustion process course and emission of exhaust toxic compounds by application of multiple injection and its properly selected strategy containing proportions in fuel doses and dwell times between them.

Thermodynamical evaluation of usefulness of future hydrocarbon fuels for use in compression ignition engines

AbstractThe paper discusses the issues of the influence of the fuel spray formation on the generation of self-ignition spots and the development of pre-flame processes in the cylinder of a model diesel engine. The investigations were carried out for a standard diesel fuel and two other types of fuel that were mixtures of ethanol, butanol, and diethylether in a variety of proportions. By applying optical methods of analysis, the authors determined the geometrical indexes of the injected fuel spray as well as fuel mass distribution in the longitudinal and transverse cross section of the fuel spray during the injection process. The location and number of the self-ignition spots in the combustion chamber were evaluated on the basis of a comparison under various conditions: in presence of the charge swirl and at the lack of it. Research conducted for the single-cylinder engine confirmed the possibility of the use of diesel-like fuels for compression ignition engines.

Autoignition and combustion of n-hexane spray in subcritical and supercritical environments

Abstract In this study, processes of a liquid fuel spray ignition and heat release during its combustion were under investigation. The purpose of this study was to elucidate whether the ignition properties and heat release process of a liquid fuel injected into the environments of parameters exceeding its critical values differ from those obtained for subcritical regimes. Therefore, the fuel was injected into the environments of parameters below, around and above its critical values. The ignition and combustion processes were observed by monitoring the pressure in the combustion chamber and by using a high-speed camera through transparent piston. The ignition process was characterized by ignition delay, while the combustion process by heat release and rate of heat release. The ignition delay was determined by pressure rise according to tangential method. Ignition delay determined that way included both physical delay and chemical delay. Obtained results revealed stochastic nature of the spray ignition of n-hexane. No major difference in ignition delay in terms of exceeding critical parameters was noticed. The only parameter directly influencing the ignition delay was the injectant initial temperature.

Transient states analysis of CI engine injectors with the use of optical methods

The main aim of research was to define real injection time delay against the time of electrical control signal for piezoelectric and electromagnetic diesel fuel injectors. The second objective of this work was the evaluation of influence of typical injection parameters on this delay. The analysis was focused on the occurrence of appropriate control signals recorded with the use of fast-varying data acquisition system and compared with the data recorded by high speed camera. The tests were conducted in constant volume chamber for different injector types used in combustion engines with direct injection of diesel fuel. The tests were performed under variable conditions: different fuel pressure, air back-pressure and injection duration time.

Optical tests as the basis for formulating mathematical models of the opening delay of CIDI injectors

The main objective of this research was an attempt to evaluate the delay times of the actual needle opening of the diesel injectors in relation to the time of triggering the current control signals opening the solenoid and piezoelectric high-pressure injectors of diesel engines. The conducted tests take into account the variability of fuel injection pressure and backpressure prevailing in the operational chamber of the engine. To determine accurately the time of actual injection start, the optical tests analysing the image of the injector tip were used. Such high resolution images were obtained by high-speed recording with a frequency of 250 kHz (∆t = 0.004 ms). Based on a comparison of the results obtained, it was found that the maximum delay time of fuel injection for a piezoelectric diesel injector is about 12% shorter than for a solenoid injector. Experimentally obtained results of the injection time delay were used as a basis to formulate mathematical models describing the delay of the real fuel injection in relation to the signal controlling the opening of the diesel injectors. These models take into account the dependence of the injector reaction from the injection pressure and the backpressure in the operational chamber of the engine. The correctness of the obtained models is confirmed by acceptable values of the determination coefficient (for solenoid injector – 0.6, for piezoelectric injector – above 0.8 – for correlation of injection delay and backpressure).

Analysis of a dual-fuel combustion engine fueled with diesel fuel and CNG in transient operating conditions

The paper presents the thermodynamic analysis of the engine supplied with small and large diesel fuel doses while increasing natural gas quantity. The paper presents changes in the combustion process thermodynamic indexes and changes in the exhaust gas emissions for dynamically increased share of the gaseous fuel. The cylinder pressure history was subject to thermodynamic analysis, . based on which the mean indicated pressure, the heat release rate, the quantity of heat released as well as the pressure rate increase after self-ignition were determined. These parameters were also referred to the subsequent engine operation cycles by specifying the scope of the change per cycle. The relationship between the engine load and the start, the center and the end of combustion while increasing the gas amount supplied to the cylinder was indicated. The presented analysis of the results indicates significant impact of the changes in the supplied gas amount on the engine operating indexes and exhaust emissions. The conducted tests made it possible to confirm that significant cooling of the cylinder (determined by the constant temperature of exhaust gas) does not allow combustion of a dual-fuel mixture during dynamic change of the engine fueling. It was shown that there is a relation between the thermal history of the cylinder (steady state conditions), the engine fueling rate and the possibility of combustion of a diesel-methane mixture.

Mathematical models of delaying opening of SIDI injectors formulated on basis of optical tests

An appropriate moment of the fuel injection start is one of the parameters determining the characteristics of fuel flow from the injector and preparation of fuel-air mixture for combustion. However, knowledge of the characteristics of signals controlling the beginning of the injector opening does not provide enough information about the time of the actual fuel injection, which often leads to incorrect conclusions and decisions in relation to the required changes in the map of injection control. What was undertaken in this research was an attempt to evaluate the delay times of the actual opening of the highpressure injectors of gasoline in relation to the time of triggering the current control signals opening the solenoid and piezoelectric injectors. The conducted tests take into account the variability of fuel injection pressure and backpressure prevailing in the operational chamber of the engine. To accurately determine the time of actual start of injection, the optical tests analysing the optical image of the tip of the dispenser were used. such high resolution images were obtained thanks to high-speed filming with a frequency of 250 kHz (Dt = 0.004 ms). correlation of the results of these analyses with the records of parameters of the fast-varying processes (voltage and current in the injector) allowed determining the times of the electric and hydraulic delay of the injection for piezoelectric and solenoid fuel injectors. Based on a comparison of the results obtained, it was found that the delay time of fuel injection for a piezoelectric injector of gasoline is about 3.5 times shorter than for a solenoid injector. it was also found that for the injection pressure above 10 MPa the delay is constant and does not depend on the pressure of fuel and the medium. Experimentally obtained results of the injection time delay were a basis to formulate mathematical models describing the delay of the actual fuel injection in relation to the signal controlling the opening of the injectors. These models take into account the dependence of the injector reaction on the injection pressure and the backpressure in the operational chamber of the engine. The correctness of the obtained models is confirmed by high values of the coefficient of determination (above 0.84).