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The Effects of Fuel Composition and Compression Ratio on Thermal Efficiency in an HCCI Engine
Technical Paper
2007-01-4076
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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The effects of variable compression ratio (CR) and fuel composition on thermal efficiency were investigated in a homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engine using blends of n-heptane and toluene with research octane numbers (RON) of 0 to 90. Experiments were conducted by performing CR sweeps at multiple intake temperatures using both unthrottled operation, and constant Φ conditions by throttling to compensate for varying air density. It was found that CR is effective at changing and controlling the HCCI combustion phasing midpoint, denoted here as CA 50. Thermal efficiency was a strong function of CA 50, with overly advanced CA 50 leading to efficiency decreases. Increases in CR at a constant CA 50 for a given fuel composition did, in most cases, increase efficiency, but the relationship was weaker than the dependence of efficiency on CA 50. Higher toluene content fuels require higher CR to achieve a given CA 50, but these fuels did not gain a proportionate efficiency increase. For example, n-heptane achieved an indicated thermal efficiency (ITE) of 38% at a CR of 9:1, whereas a 50 wt% blend of toluene with n-heptane required a CR of 12:1 to achieve the same ITE. A simple energy balance showed that the cooling losses for the higher toluene fuels were higher, thereby offsetting the expected efficiency increases. The higher CR required for the higher toluene fuels were also accompanied by higher maximum pressure rise rates. Cooling losses paralleled the maximum pressure rise, and were likely due to a linear degradation of the thermal boundary layer by increasing pressure rise rates in the combustion chamber.
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Szybist, J. and Bunting, B., "The Effects of Fuel Composition and Compression Ratio on Thermal Efficiency in an HCCI Engine," SAE Technical Paper 2007-01-4076, 2007, https://doi.org/10.4271/2007-01-4076.Also In
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