Study of In-Cylinder Reactions of High Power-Density Direct Injection Diesel Engines

摘要

Direct-injection (DI) Diesel or compression-ignition (CI) engine combustion process is investigated when new design and operational strategies are employed in order to achieve a high power-density (HPD) engine. This goal is being achieved by developing quantitative imaging and speciation methods of in-cylinder reaction processes. Main achievements made during the course of the present study included: Construction/development and implementation of (1) a digital imaging system consisting of five (5) units of high-speed cryogenically cooled infrared focal plane arrays operated by a single electronic-control- package, (2) a four-color-artificial intelligence method (FCAIM); (3) an optical DI-CI engine, (4) Rutgers Animation Program (RAP); (5) new electronic packages for imaging system; (6) vector weighted flame analysis for evaluating stability of in-cylinder reactions; (7) a new spectrometer and (8) a new HITRAN data base gas radiation model replacing our earlier model based on NASA IR handbook. A typical set of final results in the study is quantitative images (distributions of water vapor, soot, gas temperature and cylinder wall temperature at successive instants of time during the reaction period), which are obtained from the consecutive cycles. They are also further analyzed stability of flame propagations (e.g., repeatability) by using the vector weighted (special- and intensity-weighted analysis) to access the high-power density engine operations.