• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.54-62
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• 2007

The knock characteristics in an engine were investigated under homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) operation. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)and gasoline were used as fuels and injected at the intake port using port fuel injection equipment. Di-methyl ether (DME) was used as an ignition promoter and was injected directly into the cylinder near compression top dead center (TDC). A commercial variable valve timing device was used to control the volumetric efficiency and the amount of internal residual gas. Different intake valve timingsand fuel injection amounts were tested to verify the knock characteristics of the HCCI engine. The ringing intensity (RI) was used to define the intensity of knock according to the operating conditions. The RI of the LPG HCCI engine was lower than that of the gasoline HCCI engine at every experimental condition. The indicated mean effective pressure (IMEP) dropped when the RI was over 0.5 MW/m2and the maximum combustion pressure was over 6.5MPa. There was no significant relationship between RI and fuel type. The RI can be predicted by the crank angle degree (CAD) at 50 CA. Carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrocarbon (HC) emissions were minimized at high RI conditions. The shortest burn duration under low RI was effective in achieving low HC and CO emissions.

• 한국분무공학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.95-103
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• 2016

The effect of pilot injection quantity on the combustion and emissions characteristics of a compression ignition engine with a biodiesel-compressed natural gas (CNG) dual fuel combustion (DFC) system is studied in this work. Biodiesel is used as a pilot injection fuel to ignite the main fuel, CNG of DFC. The pilot injection quantity is controlled to investigate the characteristics of combustion and exhaust emissions in a single cylinder diesel engine. The injection pressure and injection timing of pilot fuel are maintained at approximately 120 MPa and BTDC 17 crank angle, respectively. Results show that the indicated mean effective pressure (IMEP) of biodiesel-CNG DFC mode is similar to that of diesel-CNG DFC mode at all load conditions. Combustion stability of biodiesel-CNG DFC mode decreased with increase of engine load, but no notable trend of cycle-to-cycle variations with increase of pilot injection quantity is discovered. The combustion of biodiesel-CNG begins at a retarded crank angle compared to that of diesel-CNG at low load, but it is advanced at high loads. Smoke and NOx of biodiesel-CNG are simultaneously increased with the increase of pilot fuel quantity. Compared to the diesel-CNG DFC, however, smoke and NOx emissions are slightly reduced over all operating conditions. Biodiesel-CNG DFC yields higher $CO_2$ emissions compared to diesel-CNG DFC over all engine conditions. CO and HC emissions for biodiesel-CNG DFC is decreased with the increase of pilot injection quantity.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.105-113
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• 2010

In this study, a feasibility test of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) compression ignition (CI) engine has been carried out to study the effectiveness of cetane enhancing additive: Di-tertiary-butyl peroxide (DTBP). Performance and emissions characteristics of a CI engine fuelled with DTBP blended LPG fuel were examined. Also, the effect of EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) on the combustion and emissions characteristics has been investigated. Results showed that stable engine operation over a wide range of the engine loads was possible. Exhaust emissions measurements showed that hydrocarbon were decreased with the blended fuel at enhancing cetane number. Furthermore, the combustion stability of LPG with a cetane number improver was equivalent to that of commercial Diesel fuel. Increasing the EGR rate leads to deteriorate the IMEP (indicated mean effective pressure) and increase the ignition delay. It was found that the exhaust emissions with the EGR resulted in a very large reduction in nitrogen oxides at the expense of higher THC and CO emissions. Considering the results of engine performance and exhaust emissions, LPG blended fuel of enhancing cetane number could be used as an alternative fuel for diesel in a CI engine.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.50-56
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• 2011

엔진의 제동시의 유효일을 이용하여 고압의 압축 공기를 저장하고 운전 시에는 저장된 압축 공기를 동력원으로 사용하는 신개념의 Air hybrid 엔진의 구현 가능성 검토를 위한 실험적인 연구를 진행하였다. Air hybrid 엔진 시스템의 구현을 위하여 연구용 단기통엔진을 개조하였고, 배기 밸브 중의 하나에 독립 가변 밸브리프트 시스템을 장착하여 압축 행정 동안에 고압의 공기를 저장할 수 있도록 하였다. 또한, 엔진의 구동을 위하여 점화플러그 위치에 공기 분사 모듈을 장착하여 팽창행정 중에 고압의 공기를 분사할 수 있도록 하였다. 압축 공기 저장 모드에서는 800rpm 아이들 조건에서 800 사이클 동안 30리터의 공기 저장 탱크를 최대 13 bar 까지 충전할 수 있었고, 충전된 고압의 공기를 이용하여 800rpm 아이들 조건에서 0.41 bar의 평균도시유효압력의 일을 얻을 수 있었는데 이것은 정상적인 아이들 조건보다 1.1 bar의 유효일이 증가한 것이다.