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Fuel Effects and Enrichment Effects on Engine Starting and Warm-Up Behavior
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The effects of fuel volatility and degree of enrichment on the starting and warm-up behavior of a modern four-valve spark ignition engine with port-fuel-injection were studied. Quantities of interest are the number of cycles to reach first significant firing, the time scale (τr) for the IMEP development, the decay rate of the IMEP fluctuation, and the RMS fluctuation after 3τr. A selected matrix of fuels that included various volume ratios of indolene/MTBE and iso-octane/n-pentane was used. The amount of fuel injected per cycle was varied from stoichiometric to a fuel equivalence ratio of 1.5. The engine behavior (as quantified by the quantities described in the above) is found to correlate well to a single parameter - the fuel equivalence ratio based on the fuel vapor mass calculated from an isothermal equilibrium flash vaporization of the fuel in the vapor boundary layer of the intake flow at intake manifold temperature.
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Chen, K., Dewitte, K., and Cheng, W., "Fuel Effects and Enrichment Effects on Engine Starting and Warm-Up Behavior," SAE Technical Paper 950065, 1995, https://doi.org/10.4271/950065.Also In
Progress in Fuel Systems to Meet New Fuel Economy and Emissions Standards
Number: SP-1084; Published: 1995-02-01
Number: SP-1084; Published: 1995-02-01
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