• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제27권9호
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• pp.1309-1316
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• 2003

A premixed-compression-ignition engine has been studied to improve the efficiency and to decrease exhaust emissions. However those systems have some difficulties for controlling combustion process. Radical is an activated chemical species formed by a chemical chain reaction between reactant and product. When the chain reactions occur, the energy bond of species is broken easily by the released radicals. The combustion chamber of the premixed-compression-ingnition engine is consist of a main chamber with lean premixture and a subchamber with rich premixture. Those are connected by narrow cylinderical connections. With ignition start in the subchamber, many different kinds of radical is jetted into the main chamber. The premixed gas in main chamber is quickly burned up by the radical ignition in multi-pionts. In this paper, the combustion phenomena in a constant volume combustor having a radical injector are numerically analyzed. The some constants in the reaction rate equation are adjusted by the experimental results tested in the same geometrical chamber. The code is applied on the two combustors in a wide range of equivalence ratio. The results show that the burning time is much shorter in the combustor having radical injector.

• International Journal of Automotive Technology
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.555-561
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• 2005

This experimental study was executed to obtain basic data for actual engine operation using radical induced ignition method (RI) which can achieve emission reduction and high efficiency due to the rapid bulk combustion. In this study, a direct injection diesel engine was converted into SI type engine with a sparkplug. The modified SI type engine can be divided into two classes. One is the SI engine with a sparkplug only at the cylinder head, and the other is the SI engine with the sparkplug which is enveloped in a sub-chamber. Also, a basic experimental was conducted in order to investigate combustion mechanism of radical induced injection before the experiment execution for actual engine using the modified SI engine. The bulk combustion phenomenon of radical induced ignition method was analyzed from the basic experiment by using a constant volume chamber. Volume value of sub-chamber used in this experiment is approximately $0.2\%$ of one of the main combustion chamber. In this paper, combustion characteristics using radical induced injection method was compared with that of using spark ignition method according to change in the engine speed and equivalence ratio. As a result, in the case of the radical induced injection engine, the combustion duration and cycle variation were respectively reduced ranged from $\Phi$(equivalence ratio)=0.8 (lean mixture ratio) to $\Phi$=1.0 (stoichiometric ratio).

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.506-513
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• 2008

The engine containing a radical injector has been studied to improve the performances of efficiency and to reduce the exhaust emissions recently. The engine is far different from general compression ignition engines or spark ignition engines for the concept of combustion process. The inflow characteristic from main chamber into radical chamber during compression stroke is important because the radical chamber must have enough fresh air to generate appropriate radicals. The numerical simulation is performed in each specific shape and the engine speed by using KIVA code. The result shows that the fresh air inflow from main chamber into the radical chamber is the best at 45 degree of the hole angle.

• 청정기술
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.204-210
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 F-T 공정을 통해 합성하여 제조한 바이오항공유(Bio-7629, Bio-5172)와 기존에 사용 중인 석유계항공유(Jet A-1)의 점화특성을 비교하여 분석하였다. Combustion research unit (CRU) 장비를 활용하여 각 항공유의 점화지연시간을 측정하였고, 그 결과를 연료의 물성 및 구성 화합물에 대한 분석을 통해 해석하고자 하였다. 점화지연시간은 Bio-5172가 가장 짧게 측정되었으며 Jet A-1이 가장 길게 측정되었다. 이는 물리적 점화지연시간에 영향을 줄 수 있는 연료의 물성 측면에서 Jet A-1이 가장 큰 표면장력을 가지며 Bio-5172가 가장 낮은 점도를 갖기 때문인 것으로 해석된다. 또한, 각 연료를 구성하는 화합물의 종류 및 비율에 대하여 분석한 결과, 실험 대상 바이오항공유에 없는 방향족화합물이 Jet A-1에는 약 22.8%의 비율로 존재함을 확인하였다. 이는 산화 과정 시에 비교적 반응성이 낮은 benzyl radical을 생성하여 점화지연시간이 길게 측정되는 데에 영향을 주는 것으로 판단된다. Bio-7629와 Bio-5172는 paraffin으로만 구성되어 있으며, n-/iso-의 값은 각각 0.06, 0.80으로 큰 차이를 보였다. 가지화 된 정도가 낮은 paraffin일수록 산화 시에 생성되는 peroxy radical의 이성질화가 빠르게 진행되어 점화의 전파속도 또한 빨라진다. 따라서 n-paraffin의 함량이 비교적 높은 Bio-5172의 경우에 점화지연시간 또한 짧게 측정된 것으로 해석된다.

• International Journal of Automotive Technology
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.17-23
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• 2006

An experimental study was carried out to obtain the fundamental data about the effect of sub-chamber on pre-mixture combustion. A eve (constant volume combustor) divided into a sub-chamber and a main chamber was used in this experiment. The volume of the sub-chamber was varid trom $0.45\%$ to $1.4\%$ about the whole combustion chamber. The sub-chamber has twelve narrow radial passage holes and a spark plug to ignite the pre-mixture. As the ignition occurs in the sub-chamber by a spark discharge, burned and unburned gas including a great number of radicals is injected into the main chamber, then the multi-point ignition occurs in the main chamber. The combustion pressure is measured to calculate the burning velocity mainly as a function of the sub-chamber volume, the diameter of the passage holes, and the equivalence ratio. In the case of RI (radical ignition) methods, the overall burning time became very short and the maximum burning pressure was slightly increased as compared with that of SI (spark ignition) method. The optimum design value of the sub-chamber is near 0.11 $cm^{-l}$ in the ratio of total area of holes to the sub-chamber volume.

• International Journal of Automotive Technology
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.19-25
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• 2007

This experimental study was carried out to obtain both low emissions and high thermal efficiency by rapid bulk combustion. Two kinds of experiments were conducted to obtain fundamental data on the operation of a RI engine by a radical ignition method. First, the basic experiments were conducted to confirm rapid bulk combustion by using a radical ignition method in a constant volume chamber (CVC). In this experiment, the combustion velocity was much higher than that of a conventional method. Next, to investigate the desirable condition of engine operation using radical ignition, an applied experiment was conducted in an actual engine based on the basic experiment results obtained from CVC condition. A sub-chamber-type diesel engine was reconstructed using a SPI type engine with controlled injection duration and spark timing, and finally, converted to a RI engine. In this study, the operation characteristics of the RI engine were examined according to the sub-chamber's specifications such as the sub-chamber volume and the diameter and number of passage holes. These experimental results showed that the RI engine operated successfully and was affected by the ratio of the passage hole area to the sub-chamber volume.

• 청정기술
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.238-244
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 온도와 압력의 변화에 따른 석유계항공유(Jet A-1), 바이오항공유(Bio-6308) 그리고 두 항공유를 50:50 (v:v)으로 혼합한 연료의 점화특성의 변화에 대한 분석을 수행하였다. Combustion research unit (CRU) 장비를 사용하여 각 항공유의 점화지연시간을 측정하였으며, GC/MS 및 GC/FID를 사용하여 각 항공유를 구성하는 화합물에 대한 정성 및 정량적인 분석을 수행하였다. 그 결과, 모든 연료의 경우에서 온도와 압력이 증가할수록 점화지연시간이 짧게 측정 되었으며, 특히 압력보다 온도의 영향을 더 많이 받는 것을 확인하였다. 또한, 모든 측정 조건에서 Jet A-1의 점화지연시간이 가장 길게 측정되었는데 이는 Jet A-1을 약 22.48%의 비율로 구성하는 방향족화합물이 산화되는 과정에서 생성되는 benzyl radical이 구조적으로 매우 안정한 특성을 갖기 때문인 것으로 판단되었다. 이러한 benzyl radical은 negative temperature coefficient (NTC) 구간에 영향을 줄 수 있는 반응을 억제하여, Jet A-1의 경우에서는 온도가 증가함에 따라 점화지연시간이 짧아지는 정도가 감소하는 구간이 없는 것을 확인하였다. Jet A-1과 Bio-6308을 50:50 (v:v)으로 혼합한 연료의 점화특성은 Bio-6308 보다는 Jet A-1과 비슷한 경향을 나타내는 것을 통해 기존의 시스템을 변경하지 않고서도 실제로 적용이 가능함을 확인하였다.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2021

MILD(Moderate or Intense Low-oxygen Dilution) 연소는 열에너지 분야에서 배출되는 미연 탄소와 질소 산화물을 저감하기 위한 기술로, 친환경 열 에너지 생산 기술로 평가받고 있다. MILD 연소 기술은 반응물의 예열을 통한 자발화 현상을 이용하여, 연소 반응 영역을 확장시키는 것이 핵심이다. 본 연구는 CH₄와 공기를 활용하여 반응물의 초기 온도 변화와 CO, H₂의 혼합율에 따른 CH₄의 점화 지연 시간을 수치 해석적 접근을 통해 분석하였다. 점화 지연 시간은 초기 온도와 H₂ 혼합율이 높을수록 감소하였고, CO 혼합율이 높을수록 증가하였다. 이는 H₂ 첨가 시 초기에 높은 분율의 HO₂가 메틸 라디칼(CH₃)의 분해 반응을 촉진시켜 OH를 생성하였기 때문이며, CO 첨가 시 HCO 생성에 따른 H 라디칼 소모가 증가했기 때문이다. 하지만 HCO의 생성은 점화 지연 시간에 큰 영향을 주지 않았다. 또한 연료 내 CO와 H₂를 30% 혼합한 조건에서는, NO 배출량이 각각 7%, 1% 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 이는 CO를 혼합한 조건에서 초기에 높은 NCO가 NO 생성반응률 증가에 영향을 미쳤기 때문이다.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제18권9호
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• pp.1623-1629
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• 2004

The objective of this study is the rapid bulk combustion of mixture in a constant volume chamber with a tiny sub-chamber. Some narrow passage holes were arranged to induce simultaneous multi-point ignition in the main chamber by jet of burned and unburned gases including radicals from the sub-chamber, and the equivalence ratios of pre-mixture in the main chamber and the sub-chamber were the same. The principal factors of the Radical Induced Auto-Ignition (RIAI) method are the diameter of the passage holes and the volume of sub-chamber. The relationship between the sub-chamber and diameter of passage hole was represented by the ratios of sub-chamber volume to passage hole volume. The ratios are non-dimensional coefficients for sub-chamber characteristics. As a result, the RIAI method reduced the combustion period, which expanded the lean limit in comparison with SI method.

• 한국연소학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.12-20
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• 2013

The ignition delay time is an important factor to understand the combustion characteristics of internal combustion engine. In this study, ignition delay times of cool and thermal flame were observed separately in homogeneous charge compression ignition(HCCI) engine. This study presents numerical investigation of ignition delay time of n-heptane and alcohol(ethanol and n-butanol) binary fuel. The $O_2$ concentration in the mixture was set 9-10% to simulate high exhaust gas recirculation(EGR) rate condition. The numerical study on the ignition delay time was performed using CHEMKIN codes with various blending ratios and EGR rates. The results revealed that the ignition delay time increased with increasing the alcohol fraction in the mixture due to a decrease of oxidation of n-heptane at the low temperature. From the numerical analysis, ethanol needed more radical and higher temperature than n-butanol for oxidation. In addition, thermal ignition delay time is sharply increasing with decreasing $O_2$ fraction, but cool flame ignition delay time changes negligibly for both binary fuels. Also, in high temperature regime, the ignition delay time showed similar tendency with both blends regardless of blending ratio and EGR rate.