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Operational Characteristics of a Lean Burn Sl-Engine: Comparison Between Plasma-Jet and Conventional Ignition System
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Besides the specific demands on mixture formation the main problem of lean-mixture SI engines is to assure the ignition of the air-fuel mixture even if very lean and at all operational conditions.
In the scope of extensive research work an analysis was made of the operational behavior of a 4-stroke SI-engine with a newly developed plasma-jet ignition and a conventional transistorized ignition system, respectively. The investigations on the engine were completed by tests in a combustion chamber with methane-air mixture.
With plasma-jet ignition the combustion delay and the combustion duration are clearly shorter. The engine tests also revealed a clearly extended lean misfire limit and a reduction of cyclic variations. The NOX-emissions are only slightly higher than with the transistorized ignition system although a considerable improvement of the brake efficiency can be obtained. In the case of plasma-jet ignition the analysis of the combustion process shows an essential reduction of the losses due to real combustion, while heat losses increase less distinctly.
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Kupe, J., Wilhelmi, H., and Adams, W., "Operational Characteristics of a Lean Burn Sl-Engine: Comparison Between Plasma-Jet and Conventional Ignition System," SAE Technical Paper 870608, 1987, https://doi.org/10.4271/870608.Also In
SAE 1987 Transactions: Reciprocating Engines--Spark Ignition and Diesel
Number: V96-4; Published: 1988-09-01
Number: V96-4; Published: 1988-09-01
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