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Novel Experiment on In-Cylinder Desorption of Fuel from the Oil Layer
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A technique has been developed to measure the desorption and subsequent oxidation of fuel in the oil layer by spiking the oil with liquid fuel and firing the engine on gaseous fuel or motoring with air. Experiments suggest that fuel desorption is not diffusion limited above 50 °C and indicated that approximately two to four percent of the cylinder oil layer is fresh oil from the sump. The increase in hydrocarbon emissions is of the order of 100 ppmC1 per 1% liquid fuel introduced into the fresh oil in a methane fired engine at mid-speed and light load conditions. Calculations indicate that fuel desorbing from oil is much more likely to produce hydrocarbon emissions than fuel emerging from crevices.
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Norris, M. and Hochgreb, S., "Novel Experiment on In-Cylinder Desorption of Fuel from the Oil Layer," SAE Technical Paper 941963, 1994, https://doi.org/10.4271/941963.Also In
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