Development of a Pre-Chamber Ignition System for Light Duty Truck Engine

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://saemobilus.sae.org/content/2018-01-1147/" target="_blank" >https://saemobilus.sae.org/content/2018-01-1147/</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4271/2018-01-1147" target="_blank" >10.4271/2018-01-1147</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Development of a Pre-Chamber Ignition System for Light Duty Truck Engine

Original language description

In this article the development of a combustion system with a fuel-scavenged pre-chamber is described. Such a system is commonly used in large-bore engines operated with extremely lean mixtures. The authors implemented the scavenged pre-chamber into a light duty truck-size engine with a bore of 102 mm. The lean burn strategy is intended to achieve very low nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions at low load. At full load a stoichiometric mixture strategy is applied to achieve sufficient power density while simultaneously enabling the use of a relatively simple three-way catalytic converter for exhaust gas aftertreatment. This work outlines the pre-chamber design features and introduces the results of an experimental investigation of the effect of pre-chamber ignition on a single cylinder testing engine. Simulation results from three operation regimes from both 1 dimensional (1-D) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models are presented to provide an understanding of the complicated processes during the entire working cycle of the engine. The CFD model was used to describe the scavenging of the pre-chamber. The combustion process in the pre-chamber and in the main combustion chamber is characterized by a simplified approach without detailed reaction kinetics. Based on experiments, the pre-chamber engine is able to operate at low load with an air excess ratio (λ) above 2 and very low engine-out NOx emissions. The naturally aspirated pre-chamber engine is also able to operate with a stoichiometric mixture and fully open throttle. CFD results describe the quantities that are not accessible for direct measurement, namely the effectiveness of pre-chamber scavenging, mixture distribution before the start of combustion, and flame propagation after the start of combustion.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20301 - Mechanical engineering

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

SAE Technical Papers

ISBN

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ISSN

0148-7191

e-ISSN

0148-7191

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

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Publisher name

SAE International

Place of publication

Warrendale, PA

Event location

Detroit

Event date

Apr 10, 2018

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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