Cycle-to-cycle oscillations of heat release in a spark ignition engine

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Abstract

Fluctuations of combustion were studied using experimental time series of internal pressure in one of four cylinders in a spark ignition engine. Employing standard statistical methods like histograms and return maps, cycle-to-cycle variations of heat release were analyzed. A substantial difference in system behavior corresponding to quality of combustion was observed with a changing spark advance angle. Examining recurrence plots for a higher spark advance angle formation of specific patterns of vertical lines characteristic to intermittent behavior was found.

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  1. Department of Applied Mechanics, Technical University of Lublin, Nadbystrzycka 36, 20-618, Lublin, Poland

    Grzegorz Litak & Dariusz Żukowski

  2. Institut für Mechanik und Mechatronik, Technische Universität Wien, Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10, Wien, 1040, Austria

    Grzegorz Litak

  3. Motor Transport Institute, ul. Jagiellońska 80, Warsaw, 03-301, Poland

    Tomasz Kamiński

  4. Department of Machine Construction, Technical University of Lublin, Nadbystrzycka 36, 20-618, Lublin, Poland

    Jacek Czarnigowski

  5. Department of Combustion Engines, Technical University of Lublin, Nadbystrzycka 36, 20-618, Lublin, Poland

    Mirosław Wendeker

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Litak, G., Kamiński, T., Czarnigowski, J. et al. Cycle-to-cycle oscillations of heat release in a spark ignition engine. Meccanica 42, 423–433 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11012-007-9066-6

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Keywords

  • Spark ignition engine
  • Combustion
  • Time series analysis
  • Recurrence plot
  • Mechanics of machines