LAPSE:2023.19713
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LAPSE:2023.19713
Effects of Water Injection Strategies on Oxy-Fuel Combustion Characteristics of a Dual-Injection Spark Ignition Engine
Xiang Li, Yiqiang Pei, Dayou Li, Tahmina Ajmal, Khaqan-Jim Rana, Abdel Aitouche, Raouf Mobasheri, Zhijun Peng
March 9, 2023
Currently, global warming has been a serious issue, which is closely related to anthropogenic emission of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) in the atmosphere, particularly Carbon Dioxide (CO2). To help achieve carbon neutrality by decreasing CO2 emissions, Oxy-Fuel Combustion (OFC) technology is becoming a hot topic in recent years. However, few findings have been reported about the implementation of OFC in dual-injection Spark Ignition (SI) engines. This work numerically explores the effects of Water Injection (WI) strategies on OFC characteristics in a practical dual-injection engine, including GDI (only using GDI), P50-G50 (50% PFI and 50% GDI) and PFI (only using PFI). The findings will help build a conceptual and theoretical foundation for the implementation of OFC technology in dual-injection SI engines, as well as exploring a solution to increase engine efficiency. The results show that compared to Conventional Air Combustion (CAC), there is a significant increase in BSFC under OFC. Ignition delay (θF) is significantly prolonged, and the spark timing is obviously advanced. Combustion duration (θC) of PFI is a bit shorter than that of GDI and P50-G50. There is a small benefit to BSFC under a low water-fuel mass ratio (Rwf). However, with the further increase of Rwf from 0.2 to 0.9, there is an increment of 4.29%, 3.6% and 3.77% in BSFC for GDI, P50-G50 and PFI, respectively. As WI timing (tWI) postpones to around −30 °CA under the conditions of Rwf ≥ 0.8, BSFC has a sharp decrease of more than 6 g/kWh, and this decline is more evident under GDI injection strategy. The variation of maximum cylinder pressure (Pmax) and combustion phasing is less affected by WI temperature (TWI) compared to the effects of Rwf or tWI. BSFC just has a small decline with the increase of TWI from 298 K to 368 K regardless of the injection strategy. Consequently, appropriate WI strategies are beneficial to OFC combustion in a dual-injection SI engine, but the benefit in fuel economy is limited.
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dual-injection spark ignition (SI) engine, oxy-fuel combustion (OFC), Simulation, water injection (WI) strategies
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Li X, Pei Y, Li D, Ajmal T, Rana KJ, Aitouche A, Mobasheri R, Peng Z. Effects of Water Injection Strategies on Oxy-Fuel Combustion Characteristics of a Dual-Injection Spark Ignition Engine. (2023). LAPSE:2023.19713
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Li X: School of Computer Science and Technology, University of Bedfordshire, Luton LU1 3JU, UK [ORCID]
Pei Y: State Key Laboratory of Engines, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Li D: School of Computer Science and Technology, University of Bedfordshire, Luton LU1 3JU, UK
Ajmal T: School of Computer Science and Technology, University of Bedfordshire, Luton LU1 3JU, UK [ORCID]
Rana KJ: School of Computer Science and Technology, University of Bedfordshire, Luton LU1 3JU, UK
Aitouche A: UMR 9189−CRIStAL—Centre de Recherche en Informatique Signal et Automatique de Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, Université de Lille, F-59000 Lille, France; Junia, Smart Systems and Energies, Université de Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
Mobasheri R: UMR 9189−CRIStAL—Centre de Recherche en Informatique Signal et Automatique de Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, Université de Lille, F-59000 Lille, France; Junia, Smart Systems and Energies, Université de Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
Peng Z: School of Engineering, University of Lincoln, Lincoln LN6 7TS, UK
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Energies
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14
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17
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5287
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2021
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2021-08-26
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