Troels Dyhr Pedersen.indd - Solid Mechanics
Troels Dyhr Pedersen.indd - Solid Mechanics
Troels Dyhr Pedersen.indd - Solid Mechanics
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dB higher than the 8 cylindrical chambers. This indicates that the acoustic modes are not suppressed very<br />
efficiently with the 7 hemispherical chambers.<br />
Figure 13 shows the SPL as a function of combustion phasing. In general, the acoustic SPL decreases slightly as<br />
combustion phasing is delayed. The piston crown which is least successful in reducing noise is the ring shaped<br />
chamber, which increases the SPL considerably above that of the flat piston. The crown with four side<br />
chambers also increases the noise level higher than the flat piston. The crown with seven hemispherical<br />
chambers reduces the noise level with 3-6 dB. The piston with eight side chambers provides a similar reduction.<br />
The best results are obtained with the diesel piston and the eight cylindrical chambers. These two are equally<br />
silent in operation, as they provide a reduction of 10-15 dB over the flat piston.<br />
IMEP<br />
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Acoustic SPL [dB]<br />
103<br />
97<br />
91<br />
85<br />
79<br />
73<br />
Ring shaped chamber Flat chamber<br />
4 side chambers 8 side chambers<br />
7 hemispherical chambers 8 cylindrical chambers<br />
Diesel bowl chamber<br />
-9 -6 -3 0 3 6 9<br />
Combustion phasing [CAD]<br />
Figure 13: Acoustic SPL as function of combustion phasing<br />
In figure 14 the IMEP is plotted against the combustion phasing. The spread in combustion phasing shows the<br />
effect of the inlet cooling, as the leftmost point in each series is obtained at +15 °C and the rightmost at -10 °C.<br />
The inlet cooling was however insufficient to reach the best possible combustion phasing which would be<br />
around 10 CAD ATDC.<br />
IMEP [kPa]<br />
550<br />
500<br />
450<br />
400<br />
350<br />
300<br />
Ring shaped chamber Flat chamber<br />
4 side chambers 8 side chambers<br />
7 hemispherical chambers 8 cylindrical chambers<br />
Diesel bowl chamber<br />
-9 -6 -3 0 3 6 9<br />
Combustion phasing [CAD]<br />
Figure 14: IMEP plotted against combustion phasing