• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.96-104
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• 2000

It is well known that combustion stability under idle and part-load conditions directly affect fuel economy and exhaust emission. In practice, there have been a lot of studies so that a significant improvement in combustion stability has been achieved in this research field. However, applying published results to the development process of mass production engine, there are still many problems which are solved previously. In this study, initial flame behavior and flame propagation characteristic were investigated statistically in order to optimize combustion chamber shapes in the development stage of mass production S.I. engine. To the purpose, the authors applied the flame image capturing system to single cylinder optical engine. The captured flame images were effectively analyzed by using the image processing program which was developed by the authors and adopted new threshold algorithm instead of conventional histogram analysis. In addition, the cylinder pressure was also measured simultaneously to compare evaluated flame results with cylinder pressure data in terms of the combustion characteristics, combustion stability, and cycle-to-cycle combustion variability.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.48-55
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• 2018

It has recently been reported that methanol fuel has been used in the product carrier with established duel fuel engine, which has been greatly reducing emissions of $CO_2$, NOx and SOx from the engine. However, to use methanol alone as fuel oil in a general diesel engine, design modification of cylinder head is needed because the ignition aid device or the duel fuel injection system is needed. On the other hand, only if the mixer is installed on the fuel oil supply line, diesel oil - methanol blending oil can be used as fuel oil for the diesel engine, but there is a problem of the phase separation when two fuels are mixed. In this study, diesel oil and methanol were blended compulsorily in preventing the phase separation with installing agitators and a fuel oil boost pump on fuel line of a test engine. Also, cylinder pressure and fuel consumption quantity were measured according to engine load and methanol blending ratio, and indicated mean effective pressure, heat release rate and combustion temperature obtained from the single zone combustion model were analyzed to investigate the effects of latent heat of vaporization of methanol on combustion stability and characteristics. As a result, the combustion stability and characteristics of 10% methanol blending oil are closest to the those of diesel oil, and it could be used as fuel oil in existing diesel engines without deterioration of engine performance and combustion characteristics.

• 한국분무공학회지
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.36-46
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• 1997

The present study investigated the effects of MTV(Manifold Throttle Valve) on the fuel distribution and the flame stability in a SI engine at cold, idling condition. For the quantitative measurement of fuel distribution with PLIF method, compensating techniques of various factors such as laser beam nonuniformity, background image and local OTF nonuniformity were developed. As a result, it was found that MTV had a positive effect on the air-fuel mixing and flame stability.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.69-77
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• 2005

KSR-III 개발과정에서 배플을 장착하여 연소 불안정 현상을 해결한 바 있으나, 추력 및 냉각과 관련된 축방향 길이에 대한 최적화 과정을 거치지는 않았다. 이에 수동제어기구로서 사용되는 배플의 축방향 길이의 최적화 및 한계를 평가하기 위하여, 축방향 길이를 작동인자로 하여 연소 안정성 여분을 평가하였다. 외부 교란 발생 장치로서 2번의 기폭이 가능한 펄스건을 사용하였다. 외부 교란에 대한 연소실에서의 응답 특성을, 감쇠 시간과 진폭비와 같은 인자를 도입하여 정량화하였다. 설계점과 탈설계점에서 시험을 수행하였으며, 분사기의 충돌점으로 생각할 수 있는 화염 영역을 감싸지 못하는 경우에는 배플의 충분한 감쇠 능력을 보장할 수 없음을 확인하였다. 따라서 연소 안정성의 여분의 경계는 KSR-III에서의 작동조건 하에서 50 mm 정도의 배플인 것으로 판단되었다.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.53-60
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• 2009

In this study, LPG-blended DME fuel was experimentally investigated in CI(compression ignition) engine. In particular, performance, emissions characteristics (including hydrocarbon, CO, and NOx emissions), and combustion stability of engine fueled with LPG-blended DME fuel were examined. The extent of LPG fuel in the blended fuel was 0-40 wt%. Results showed that stable engine operation was possible in a wide range of engine loads on DME blended with maximum 30% of LPG by mass in a CI engine. Considering the results of the engine power output and exhaust emissions, blended fuel up to 30% of LPG by mass can be used as an alternative to diesel in a CI engine. LPG blended DME fuel is expected to have potential for enlarging the DME market.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.67-75
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• 2002

A study to investigate the influence of combustion chamber shape, especially piston top face configuration, on the combustion stability is presented with CFD analysis and single cylinder GDI engine test. Initial configuration of the piston bowl was designed with CFD analysis and further parametric studies of the design factors on the piston top face were carried out through the single cylinder GDI engine test. It was found that both the geometry of piston top face and the compression ratio have great influences on the combustion stability. Of interest is that the design factors of the GDI piston to prevent mixture diffusion out of the piston bowl have important roles for the stable combustion at the stratified mixture condition. Also the relationship between spray impingement and flow pattern in a GDI piston bowl should be considered to design an optimal bowl configuration for stable stratified combustion.

• 한국연소학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.14-21
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• 2006

In this study, syngas which is reformed from fossil fuel and has hydrogen as a major component, was added to a gasoline engine to improve combustion stability and exhaust emissions of idle state. Syngas fraction of the total supplied fuel varied to 0 %, 25 %, 50 % with various ignition timing and excess air ratio. Combustion stability, exhaust emissions, fuel consumption and exhaust gas temperature were measured to investigate the effects of syngas addition on idle performance. Results showed that syngas has ability to widely extend lean operation limit and ignition retard range with dramatical reduction of engine out emissions. It is supposed that the usage of syngas in the internal combustion engine is an effective solution to meet the future strict emission regulations.

• 한국분무공학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.94-100
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• 2022

Even in non-road UTV (Utility Terrain Vehicle), spark ignition engines are often used to reduce emissions. In this study, gasoline and LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas) fuels were applied to UTV engines, and the exhaust gas and combustion stability were compared through engine tests. A 0.8-liter two-cylinder SI engine was used in the experiment. Experiments were conducted while changing the IVO (Intake Valve Open) and EVC (Exhaust Valve Close) at 1500 rpm 14 N·m, 40 N·m, and 3000 rpm 17 N·m, 44 N·m conditions. As a result of the experiment, when the valve overlap increased according to the change of IVO and EVC, combustion stability decreased and THC emission increased, but NOx decreased. Comparing the LPG engine with the gasoline engine, the amount of CO₂ and PN (Particulate Number) generation decreased in the LPG engine, and the combustion stability was good.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2001년도 제16회 학술발표회 논문초록집
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• pp.17-20
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• 2001

본 연구에서는 KSR-III 액체 로켓엔진의 연소특성을 수치적인 방법으로 성능의 예측과 음향불안정성에 대해 해석하였으며 성능 예측에서는 여러 가지 시험조건에서 시험결과와 계산결과를 비교ㆍ검토하였다. 또한 음향불안정성은 KSR-III 액체 로켓에서 대체로 안정한 결과를 보여 주었으나 일부의 탈설계조건에서 압력섭동에 의해 불안정성이 야기될 수 있는 결과를 보였다. 이러한 결과들은 현재의 시험결과와 공학적인 오차범위 내에서 일치하는 경향을 보이고 있으므로 수치적 계산으로 성능 및 음향불안정을 효과적으로 예측할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.77-84
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• 2002

For the purpose of obtaining a fundamental data which is needed to develope the port injection type charged LPLi engine system, we manufactured intake port injection system of liquid charging LPG and modified heavy duty single cylinder LPLi engine from heavy duty diesel engine. Engine output and emission characteristics were analyzed under variable air/fuel ratio and charging pressure. Since LPG is consisted of propane and butane, we investigated combustion characteristics using this two kinds of fuel. From the result of charging engine performance test, engine torque increase about 30% ∼ 40% with 0.3bar charging pressure. In low speed condition, as charging pressure increase, combustion stability improve ill lean bum condition, but, in high speed condition, combustion stability make worse in lean bum condition. We know that engine output decreased rapidly from the condition of air excess ratio 1.3. In addition, we measured emission characteristics under the lean bum and charging condition. From this experiment, we found that CO emission is out of the question in the range from stiochiometric to lean burn and charging condition, but charging pressure has influence on HC emission.