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The Effects of Mixture Motion Upon the Lean Limit and Combustion of Spark-Ignited Mixtures
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Abstract
The object of this research was to learn more about the effects of mixture motion upon ignition in spark ignited piston engines, and to determine how variations in mixture velocity alter the combustion process. To provide effective means for producing and measuring the mixture velocity, all tests were made in a constant volume bomb, using mixtures of propane and air. The effects of mixture motion on the lean spark ignition limit, rate of pressure rise, and burning time were determined for mixture ratios ranging from stoichiometric to the lean limit. The mixture pressures corresponded to those in Otto cycle engines at the time of spark occurrence.
The results reveal that a mixture velocity of 50 fps, relative to the spark plug, requires an enrichment of 17% with respect to the stagnant lean limit. Increases in mixture velocity were found to greatly increase the rate of pressure rise during combustion. This effect was more pronounced for lean mixtures than for stoichiometric mixtures.
Increasing the initial mixture pressure was found to increase the rate of pressure rise and the burning time of quies-cent mixtures, but had no noticeable effect on the sparkignition lean linit.
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Bolt, J. and Harrington, D., "The Effects of Mixture Motion Upon the Lean Limit and Combustion of Spark-Ignited Mixtures," SAE Technical Paper 670467, 1967, https://doi.org/10.4271/670467.Also In
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