• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제27권11호
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• pp.1548-1562
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• 2003

This paper is the first of several companion papers which compare the methods of Air-fuel ratio determination. There are many methods which calculate Air-Fuel ratio from exhaust emission. Most of them are based on the simple chemical equations, which use balance of atom, and the error of the calculation is negligible as far as the instrumentation accuracy is guaranteed. They assume homogeneous mixture and complete combustion to the extent of oxygen availability. Because of these simple assumptions, they cannot offer the information about the fuel distribution state and the malfunction of instrument. For these limitations, Eltinge offered new one based on stricter mathematical model. This result coincides with the others very well and gives more information about the mixture state and instrumentation. Consequently this might be a general solution for Air-fuel ratio determination and exhaust composition. The objects of the calculation, however, were not commercial fuels except gasoline and the compensation method of unburned hydrocarbon was not appropriate to recent analyzer. Moreover he did not consider the fuel which contains oxygen, such as methanol, ethanol and blend of gasoline-alcohol. In this paper, Eltinge chart is expanded to the arbitrary fuel composition as the reference exhaust compositions for the purpose of further discussions about Air-fuel ratio determination methods and the charts fur gasoline, diesel, methanol, M85, liquefied petroleum gas(LPG), natural gas(NG), propane, butane are illustrated.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제39권7호
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• pp.609-615
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• 2015

본 연구는 직접분사식 가솔린엔진에서 공기 과잉률 및 바이오에탄올-가솔린 혼합연료의 혼합비에 따른 연소특성과 배기배출물 특성을 실험적으로 규명한 것이다. 다양한 공기 과잉률 및 혼합비 조건에서 실험을 수행하였으며, 연소실 압력, 열발생률, 연료소비율 등을 통해 연소특성을 분석하였으며, 배기배출물 특성은 미연탄화수소(HC), 일산화탄소(CO), 질소산화물($NO_x$) 분석을 통해 확인하였다. 혼합연료의 실험결과는 100% 가솔린 및 바이오에탄올 실험결과와 비교하였다. 실험결과 최고연소압력과 열발생률, 제동연료소비율은 혼합비의 증가에 따라 증가하였으며, CO, HC, $NO_x$와 같은 배기배출물은 바이오 에탄올 혼합비율이 증가함에 따라 감소하였다. 혼합연료의 배기배출물 수준은 가솔린 보다 낮게 나타났다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.22-27
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• 2016

The use of electromagnetic wave has been interested in various energy industry because it enhances a flame stability and provides higher safety environments. However it might increase the pollutant emissions such as NOx and soot, and have harmful influence on human and environments. Therefore, it is very important to understand interaction mechanism between flame and electromagnetic wave from environmental point of view. In this study, an experiment was performed with jet diffusion flames induced by electromagnetic wave. Microwave was used as representative electromagnetic wave and a flickering flame was introduced to simulate the more similar combustion condition to industry. The results show that the induced microwave enhances the flame stability and blowout limit. The unstable lifted flickering flames under low fuel/oxidizer velocity is changed to stable attached flames or lift-off flames when microwave applied to the flames, which results from the abundance of radical pool. However, NOx emission was increased monotonically with increasing the microwave power as microwave power increased up to 1.0 kW. The effects might be attributed to the heating of combustion field and thermal NOx mechanism will be prevailed. Soot particle was examined at the post flame region by TEM grid. The morphology of soot particle sampled in the microwave induced flames was similar to the incipient soot that is not agglomerated and contain a lots of liquid phase hydrocarbon such as PAH, which soot particle formed near reaction zone is oxidized on the extended yellow flame region and hence only unburned young particles are emitted on the post flame region.

• International Journal of Automotive Technology
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• 제6권5호
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• pp.437-444
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• 2005

Unburned hydrocarbon (UBHC) emissions from gasoline engines remain a primary engineering research and development concern due to stricter emission regulations. Gasoline engines produce more UBHC emissions during cold start and warm-up than during any other stage of operation, because of insufficient fuel-air mixing, particularly in view of the additional fuel enrichment used for early starting. Impingement of fuel droplets on the cylinder wall is a major source of UBHC and a concern for oil dilution. This paper describes an experimental study that was carried out to investigate the distribution and 'footprint' of fuel droplets impinging on the cylinder wall during the intake stroke under engine starting conditions. Injectors having different targeting and atomization characteristics were used in a 4-Valve engine with optical access to the intake port and combustion chamber. The spray and targeting performance were characterized using high-speed visualization and Phase Doppler Interferometry techniques. The fuel droplets impinging on the port, cylinder wall and piston top were characterized using a color imaging technique during simulated engine start-up from room temperature. Highly absorbent filter paper was placed around the circumference of the cylinder liner and on the piston top to collect fuel droplets during the intake strokes. A small amount of colored dye, which dissolves completely in gasoline, was used as the tracer. Color density on the paper, which is correlated with the amount of fuel deposited and its distribution on the cylinder wall, was measured using image analysis. The results show that by comparing the locations of the wetted footprints and their color intensities, the influence of fuel injection and engine conditions can be qualitatively and quantitatively examined. Fast FID measurements of UBHC were also performed on the engine for correlation to the mixture formation results.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.27-33
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• 2019

Combustion characteristics of gasoline/ethanol fuel were investigated both numerically and experimentally for vehicle fire safety. The numerical simulation was performed on the well-stirred reactor (WSR) to simulate the homogeneous gasoline engine and to clarify the effect of ethanol addition in the gasoline fuel. The simulating cases with three independent variables, i.e. ethanol mole fraction, equivalence ratio and residence time, were designed to predict and optimized systematically based on the response surface method (RSM). The results of stoichiometric gasoline surrogate show that the auto-ignition temperature increases but NOx yields decrease with increasing ethanol mole fraction. This implies that the bioethanol added gasoline is an eco-friendly fuel on engine running condition. However, unburned hydrocarbon is increased dramatically with increasing ethanol content, which results from the incomplete combustion and hence need to adjust combustion itself rather than an after-treatment system. For more tangible understanding of gasoline/ethanol fuel on pollutant emissions, experimental measurements of combustion products were performed in gasoline/ethanol pool fires in the cup burner. The results show that soot yield by gravimetric sampling was decreased dramatically as ethanol was added, but NOx emission was almost comparable regardless of ethanol mole fraction. For soot morphology by TEM sampling, the incipient soot such as a liquid like PAHs was observed clearly on the soot of higher ethanol containing gasoline, and the soot might be matured under the undiluted gasoline fuel.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.401-406
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• 2020

자동차에서 배출되는 배기가스 중 질소산화물은 요사이 문제가 되는 미세먼지의 주요 요인 중 하나이다. 질소산화물(NOx)은 고온 조건에서 연소가 진행될 때 발생하므로 연소시 온도를 낮추는 방법으로 발생을 억제하고 있다. 자동차에서는 일반적으로 배기가스 재순환(EGR)을 사용하여 연소 온도를 낮추는 방법으로 감소시킨다. 그러나 EGR 비율이 높아질수록 NOx의 양은 저감되나 연소 안정성의 하락으로 인한 불완전연소 가능성의 증가로 일산화탄소와 미연탄화수소의 양이 증가하여 오히려 오염물질이 증가하는 문제를 발생시킬 수 있다. 여기에서는 연료 입자에 음파를 조사하여 연료 입자의 운동성을 향상시켜 연소가 원활히 진행되게 하여 연소의 안정성을 향상시키는 방안에 대하여 해석적 및 실험적 방법으로 연구하였다. 해석적 방법으로는 유동해석 소프트웨어를 사용하여 연료 입자에 다양한 주파수의 음파를 조사하여 연료 입자의 움직임 변화에 대한 연구를 진행하였다. 해석 결과, 작은 연료 입자의 조건에서는 고주파의 음파에 의해 영향을 많이 받고, 연료 입자가 큰 조건에서는 저주파의 음파에 의해 영향을 많이 받아 운동성이 증가함을 알 수 있었다. 실험적 방법으로는 연소실을 구성하여 정해진 당량비 조건에서 연소시키며 다양한 주파수의 음파를 조사하며 연소실내 압력을 측정하는 연구를 진행하였다. 측정된 압력으로부터 열방출량을 계산하면 연소의 진행 상황에 대한 정보를 얻을 수 있는데, 실험 결과 초기 연소시 상대적 저주파 조사 조건에서 열방출량이 증가한 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.608-613
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• 2019

자동차 배기가스에 포함된 질소산화물은 심각한 대기 오염을 일으키는 주요한 요인 중의 하나이다. 질소산화물은 연소가 고온 조건에서 진행되는 경우에 생성되므로 일반적으로 배기가스 재순환 방법을 사용하여 연소 온도를 낮추어 저감시킨다. 배기가스 재순환 비율이 높아질수록 질소산화물의 양은 감소하나 연소가 불안정하게 되어 일산화탄소와 연소실 내의 연료가 연소 되지 않고 나오는 미연탄화수소의 양이 증가하여 오히려 오염물질을 증가시킨다. 본 논문에서는 연소 안정성 향상을 위해 연료 입자에 음파를 조사하여 연료 입자의 움직임을 증가시는 방안 및 배기가스재순환 비율의 증가에 따른 엔진 성능 향상에 대하여 연구하였다. 이에 대한 기본 연구로, 유동해석 소프트웨어를 사용하여 여러 주파수의 음파를 연료 입자에 조사하여 연료 입자의 속도 변화에 대한 연구를 진행하였다. 해석 결과, 연료 입자의 크기가 크면 저주파의 음파에 의해, 연료 입자의 크기가 작으면 고주파의 음파에 의해 영향을 많이 받음을 알 수 있었다. 또한 연소 안정성 향상이 엔진 성능에 미치는 영향에 대해 엔진 해석 모델을 사용하여 연구하였다. 해석 결과, 배기가스 재순환 비율을 15% 증가시킨 경우, 질소산화물의 농도가 45% 저감되고, 열효율이 10% 향상됨을 확인하였다.