Laser-Stimulated Ignition in a Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition Engine

2004-01-0937

03/08/2004

Event
SAE 2004 World Congress & Exhibition
Authors Abstract
Content
A laser-induced spark was generated inside the combustion chamber of a reciprocating engine running in Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) mode to investigate the influence of the plasma on combustion performance. For a fuel consisting of 90% natural gas and 10% isooctane, the advance of combustion due to the plasma was found to be strong up to air excess ratios of λ = 2.3 and to cease completely above λ = 2.7. Combustion timing was advanced with increasing advance of plasma timing to a certain extent. The laser was able to sustain HCCI combustion even at much lower inlet temperatures than normally required without plasma. Inlet temperature changes of more than 10 °C could not eliminate laser stimulated HCCI combustion. A potential application of laser stimulated ignition is as a means to actively control HCCI combustion timing.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2004-01-0937
Pages
8
Citation
Kopecek, H., Wintner, E., Lackner, M., Winter, F. et al., "Laser-Stimulated Ignition in a Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition Engine," SAE Technical Paper 2004-01-0937, 2004, https://doi.org/10.4271/2004-01-0937.
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Published
Mar 8, 2004
Product Code
2004-01-0937
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English