• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.387-394
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• 2013

Hydrogen-compressed natural gas (HCNG) blend has attracted attention as a fuel that can reduce $CO_2$ emissions because it has low carbon content and burns efficiently. An increase in the compression ratio of HCNG engines was considered as one of the methods to improve their efficiency and reduce $CO_2$ emissions. However, a high combustion rate and flame temperature cause abnormal combustion such as pre-ignition or knocks, which in turn can cause damage to the engine components and decrease the engine power. In this study, the performance and knock characteristics with a change in the compression ratio of an HCNG engine were analyzed. The combustion characteristics of HCNG fuel were evaluated as a function of the excess air ratio using a conventional CNG engine. The effects of the compression ratio on the engine performance were evaluated through the same experimental procedures.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.16 no.11
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• pp.2446-2452
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• 2012

In order to meet the recently enhanced emission standards at home and abroad, it is necessary to develop the CRDI ECU control algorithm that users can adjust fuel injection timing and amount in response to their needs. Therefore, this study developed the simulator for knocking analysis that enables knocking discrimination and engine balance correction applicable to the ECU exclusive to the industrial CRDI engine. The purpose of this study is to provide the driver-oriented diagnostic service that enable drivers to diagnose vehicles directly by developing diagnostic devices for vehicles with ths use of the results of the developed simulator for knocing analysis according to the OBD-II standards. For this purpose, this study aims to improve the fuel efficiency of vehicles by proposing the S/W design method of the OBD-II diagnosis device that can provide real-time communcations with the use of wired system and bluetooth module as a wireless system to send and recevice automobile fault diagnosis signal and sensor output signal, and to suggest an improvement for engine efficiency by minimizing the generation of harmful exhaust gas.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.13-19
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• 2008

Among the various prime movers for combined heat and power (CHP) system, the CNG engine is the most commonly used power generation equipment of which power is less than 1MW. The 300 kW class CNG engine for CHP can meet stringent emission regulations with the adoption of stoichiometric air-fuel ratio control and three way catalyst. As the thermal efficiency of the stoichiometric ratio engine is lower than that of lean burn engine, it is necessary to operate the stoichiometric engine at its minimum spark advance for the best torque (MBT). However, knock control should be introduced for the engine under high intake air temperature conditions because MBT operating conditions are generally very close to those of knock occurrence. In this study, engine performances and knocking characteristics were experimentally investigated for the CNG engine that needs to be operated at higher intake air temperature conditions than normal conditions.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.1 no.3
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• pp.12-21
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• 1993

In recent years, high efficiency, high performance, and low pollutant emmision engines have been developed. Knock phenomenon has drawn interests because it became an hinderance to engine power and efficiency increase through higher compression ratio. Knock phenomenon is an abnormal combustion originated from autoignition of unburned gas in the end-gas region during the later stage of combustion process and accompanied a high pitched metallic noise. And this phenomenon is characterized by knock occurrence percentage, knock occurrence angle and knock intensity. A four cylinder spark ignition engine is used in our experiment, and its combustion chamber pressure is measured at various engine speeds, ignition timing. The data are analyzed by numerous methods in order to select the optimum methods and to achieve better understanding of knock characteristics. Methods using band-pass filter, third derivative and step method are shown to be the most suitable, while methods using frequency analysis are shown to be unsuitable. Because step method only uses signals above threshold value during knocking condition, pressure signal analyses with this method show good signal-to-noise ratio.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.205-212
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• 1998

In this study, the effects of water vapor in inlet air on combustion efficiency, general performance, knock characteristics and emission gas concentration were investig- ated through the experiments of combustion and vibration analyses, emission gas analysis by changing water vapor quantity in inlet air with temperature and humidity auto control unit. With partial vapor pressure increase, the brake torque at wide open throttle status decreased and the average ignition delay angle increased, IMEP (indicated mean effective pressured using the integral and 3rd derivatives of filtered cylinder pressure as knock intensity, which matched well with the method of frequency power spectrum of block vibration signal. Water vapor in intake air had influence on the spark knock sensitivity. With the increase of water vapor content in intake air NOx emission was decreased and HC emission was increased.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.7 no.7
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• pp.32-41
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• 1999

In this study, a new knocking control algorithm was developed using the knock threshold value auto-correction algorithm. This algorithm uses the Fast Fourier Transform9FFT) method by measuring cylinder block vibration signals of a 1498 cc four-cylinder spark ignition engine. The experimental results show the proposed knock control algorithm provides improved performance compared to existing methods. The results also show that the proposed FFT algorithm provides real-time adjustment of the knock threshold value.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2013.05a
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• pp.321-324
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• 2013

디젤엔진에서 노킹 현상은 엔진의 성능 및 수명에 직접적인 영향을 주는 중요한 인자이며, 엔진 밸런스 또한 엔진 출력 및 내구성에 직접적인 영향을 미치는 중요한 인자이다. 따라서 노킹 진단 및 엔진 밸런스 보정 알고리즘을 적용하여 ECU를 최적화 하고자 한다. 또한 OBD-II 표준을 사용하여 차량 위주의 진단기를 개발하여 운전자 중심의 진단 서비스를 제공하며, 자동차 고장진단 신호 및 센서 출력 신호를 실시간 통신이 제공 될 수 있게 한다. 이를 위해 자동차 고장진단 신호 및 센서출력 신호를 유선시스템과 무선 시스템인 블루투스 모듈을 이용하여 실시간 통신이 제공 될 수 있는 OBD-II 진단기 S/W를 설계 및 구현하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2012.11a
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• pp.1252-1255
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• 2012

CRDI 디젤엔진을 산업용 엔진에 적용하여 최근 강화된 국내외의 배출가스 규제 조건을 충족시키기 위해 사용자가 연료의 분사시기와 분사량을 조절할 수 있는 CRDI ECU 제어 알고리즘을 개발하였다. CRDI 엔진 제어 ECU의 입력 요소 중 CKP와 CMP 센서를 이용하여 디젤 노킹 및 롱투스를 판별하는 알고리즘을 개발하여 분사시기와 분사량의 조절 시점을 결정하고, 엔진의 이상 유무를 판별할 수 있는 알고리즘을 개발하여 엔진의 밸런스를 조절함으로써 연비 향상 및 유해가스 저감을 효율적으로 개선할 수 있도록 하였다.

• Journal of the korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.35-42
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• 1991

본 연구에서는 말단가스의 온도, 압력 그리고 농도가 변화함에 따라 어떻게 자동점화가 일어나는지를 서술하는 chemical kinetic model에 대하여 서술한다. 먼저 자동점화 현상을 화학적으로 modelling하는데 두가지 다른 접근방식에 대해 서술하고 각각 model의 예측치와 실험치와의 상관관계를 알아본 후, 마지막으로 두 model을 비교하여 본다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.391-394
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• 2012

Recently, for appling to industrial engines to CRDI diesel engine to meet enhanced emission regulatory standards in native and foreign, ECU that be controlled only automaker develop engine control algorithm that adjust injection timing and injection as user's need and use testing, verification for engine performance and emissions reduction. For development only CRDI diesel engine emulator, using CKP and CMP sensor performance property of CRDI engine control ECU input element, in this paper, there determine the diesel knocking and propose design methodology of engine balance correction algorithm design of the correction algorithm. And there propose efficient Improvement for fuel efficiency increasing and reduction of emissions.