Troels Dyhr Pedersen.indd - Solid Mechanics
Troels Dyhr Pedersen.indd - Solid Mechanics
Troels Dyhr Pedersen.indd - Solid Mechanics
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13 Summary and conclusion<br />
The focus of the project was within the following subjects:<br />
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• Manipulation of combustion phasing by use of dual fuel and EGR<br />
• Reduction of HCCI combustion noise<br />
Control of combustion phasing was investigated first by a theoretical study on the<br />
reaction kinetics of DME in combination with methanol. This study was made with<br />
CHEMKIN II, using primarily the homogeneous batch reactor model to model the HCCI<br />
engine. The comprehensive detailed mechanism for combustion of DME developed by<br />
Lawrence Livermore was reduced to a simple scheme, which is valid only for lean<br />
combustion of DME. The reduced scheme also includes reaction paths for methanol and<br />
methane, which are both commonly used in combination with DME to moderate the<br />
combustion phasing. The simple reaction mechanism for DME combustion was first<br />
developed to obtain a fundamental understanding of the combustion process. The<br />
conclusion obtained from this study was:<br />
• The low temperature reactions are self terminating due to a shift in balance<br />
between chain branching and chain terminating reaction paths<br />
• The low temperature reactions of DME are inhibited when methanol is<br />
added, due to methanol consuming OH radicals in chain terminating<br />
reactions<br />
• The timing of the main heat release is delayed when the low temperature<br />
reactions are inhibited by addition of methanol<br />
• It is possible to operate at higher compression ratios as well as higher<br />
equivalence ratios, when methanol is added to the combustion<br />
An experimental study on combustion of DME and methanol was carried out as well, on<br />
a 4.6 L, 4 cylinder engine at NTSEL in Tokyo. The engine had a compression ratio of<br />
14.5, which enabled both normal DI CI operation and HCCI operation. DME was<br />
injected directly with a custom common rail system at an equivalence ratio of 0.25, while<br />
methanol was injected at the inlet port. The engine was furthermore equipped with an<br />
EGR system capable of recycling and cooling a large fraction of the exhaust gas. This<br />
capability was used in another experiment, were EGR gas was used to obtain a delay in<br />
combustion phasing. The experiments demonstrated the following:<br />
• A DI CI engine with a low compression ratio can be operated in both DI CI<br />
and HCCI modes without need for further modifications<br />
• Combustion phasing can be retarded with a modest amount of methanol<br />
added to the inlet air