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http://dx.doi.org/10.7842/kigas.2020.24.6.1

Effects of Exhaust Gas Recirculation on Power and Thermal Efficiency of Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition in Different Load Conditions with a 6-L Engine  

Lee, Sunyoup (Department of Engine Research, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials)
Lee, Seok-Hwan (Department of Engine Research, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials)
Kim, Chang-Gi (Department of Engine Research, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials)
Lee, Jeong-Woo (Department of Mechanical System Engineering, Jeonbuk National University)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas / v.24, no.6, 2020 , pp. 1-10 More about this Journal
Abstract
Reactivity controlled compression ignition (RCCI) combustion is one of dual-fuel combustion systems which can be constructed by early diesel injection during the compression stroke to improve premixing between diesel and air. As a result, RCCI combustion promises low nitrogen oxides (NOx) and smoke emissions comparing to those of general dual-fuel combustion. For this combustion system, to meet the intensified emission regulations without emission after-treatment systems, exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) is necessary to reduce combustion temperature with lean premixed mixture condition. However, since EGR is supplied from the front of turbocharger system, intake pressure and the amount of fresh air supplementation are decreased as increasing EGR rate. For this reason, the effect of various EGR rates on the brake power and thermal efficiency of natural gas/diesel RCCI combustion under two different operating conditions in a 6 L compression ignition engine. Varying EGR rate would influence on the combustion characteristic and boosting condition simultaneously. For the 1,200/29 kW and 1,800 rpm/(lower than) 90 kW conditions, NOx and smoke emissions were controlled lower than the emission regulation of 'Tier-4 final' and the maximum in-cylinder pressure was 160 bar for the indurance of engine system. The results showed that under 1,200 rpm/29 kW condition, there were no changes in brake power and thermal efficiency. On the other hand, under 1,800 rpm condition, brake power and thermal efficieny were decreased from 90 to 65 kW and from 37 to 33 % respectively, because of deceasing intake pressure (from 2.3 to 1.8 bar). Therefore, it is better to supply EGR from the rear of compressor, i.e. low pressure EGR (LP-EGR) system, comparing to high pressure EGR (HP-EGR) for the improvement of RCCI power and thermal efficiency.
Keywords
BTE (Brake Thermal Efficiency); CNG (Compressed Natural Gas); Diesel; EGR (Exhaust gas recirculation); Power; RCCI (Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition);
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