K. Yoshimura, K. Isobe, Mitsutaka Kawashima, Kyohei Yamaguchi, R. Sok, S. Tokuhara, Jin Kusaka
{"title":"Effects of Pre-spark Heat Release of Ethanol-Blended Gasoline\u0000 Surrogate Fuels on Engine Combustion Behavior","authors":"K. Yoshimura, K. Isobe, Mitsutaka Kawashima, Kyohei Yamaguchi, R. Sok, S. Tokuhara, Jin Kusaka","doi":"10.4271/04-17-01-0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4271/04-17-01-0003","url":null,"abstract":"Regulations limiting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the transport sector have\u0000 become more restrictive in recent years, drawing interest to synthetic fuels\u0000 such as e-fuels and biofuels that could “decarbonize” existing vehicles. This\u0000 study focuses on the potential to increase the thermal efficiency of\u0000 spark-ignition (SI) engines using ethanol as a renewable fuel, which requires a\u0000 deep understanding of the effects of ethanol on combustion behavior with high\u0000 compression ratios (CRs). An important phenomenon in this condition is pre-spark\u0000 heat release (PSHR), which occurs in engines with high CRs in boosted conditions\u0000 and changes the fuel reactivity, leading to changes in the burning velocity.\u0000 Fuel blends containing ethanol display high octane sensitivity (OS) and limited\u0000 low-temperature heat release (LTHR). Consequently, their burning velocities with\u0000 PSHR may differ from that of gasoline. This study therefore aimed to clarify the\u0000 effects of ethanol on SI combustion behavior under PSHR conditions. Combustion\u0000 behavior was studied by performing single-cylinder engine experiments and\u0000 chemical kinetics simulations. The experimental measurements were performed to\u0000 characterize the relationship between the occurrence of PSHR and the main\u0000 combustion duration. Analysis of this relationship showed that the\u0000 ethanol-blended fuel has a lesser PSHR and a longer combustion duration than the\u0000 non-ethanol fuel by approximately 5% in high engine load conditions. Simulations\u0000 using input data from the experiments revealed that the ethanol-blended fuel has\u0000 a lower laminar burning velocity due to the lower temperature in the unburned\u0000 mixture caused by its PSHR. Additional simulations examining the chemical effect\u0000 of partially oxidized reactants caused by PSHR on the laminar burning velocity\u0000 showed that partially oxidized reactants increase the laminar burning velocity\u0000 of the ethanol-blended fuel but decrease that of a reference fuel without\u0000 ethanol. A large number of fuel radicals and oxides of the ethanol-blended fuel\u0000 enhances chain-branching reactions in the pre-flame zone and possibly increases\u0000 its laminar burning velocity. However, the thermodynamic effect of PSHR on\u0000 laminar burning velocity exceeds the chemical effect, and thus the\u0000 ethanol-blended fuel has a lower turbulent burning velocity in the PSHR\u0000 conditions.","PeriodicalId":21365,"journal":{"name":"SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43073086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}