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Combustion and emission characteristics of diesel/n-butanol blends with split-injection and exhaust gas recirculation stratification

分段喷射耦合EGR分层的柴油/正丁醇混合物燃烧和排放特性研究

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Oxygen fuels have broad application prospects and great potential for realizing efficient and clean combustion, and hence this study applies diesel/n-butanol blends to explore the influence of split-injection strategy on combustion and emission characteristics. Simultaneously, changing the way of exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) gas introduction forms uneven in-cylinder components distribution, and utilizing EGR stratification optimizes the combustion process and allows better emission results. The results show that the split-injection strategy can reduce the NOx emissions and keep smoke opacity low compared with the single injection, but the rise in accumulation mode particles is noticeable. NOx emissions show an upward trend as the injection interval expands, while soot emissions are significantly reduced. The increase in pre-injection proportion causes the apparent low-temperature heat release, and the two-stage heat release can be observed during the process of main combustion heat release. More pre-injection mass makes NOx gradually increase, but smoke opacity reaches the lowest point at 15% pre-injection proportion. EGR stratification can optimize the emission results under the split injection strategy, especially the considerable suppression of accumulation mode particulate emissions. Above all, fuel stratification coupled with EGR stratification is beneficial for further realizing the in-cylinder purification of pollutants.

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含氧燃料具有广阔的应用前景和实现高效清洁燃烧的巨大潜力,因此本研究探索了分段喷射策略对燃用柴油/正丁醇混合物的燃烧和排放特性的影响。同时通过改变EGR气体引入方式以在缸内形成组分不均匀分布,利用EGR分层优化燃烧过程并获得了更好的排放结果。结果表明,与单次喷射相比,分段喷射策略可以有效减少NOx的排放并保持较低烟度,但积聚态微粒颗粒的数量明显增加。NOx的排放量随着喷射间隔的扩大而呈现上升趋势,而碳烟排放量则随之显著减少。预喷比例的增加引起了明显的低温放热,并可以观察到在主放热过程中出现了两级放热。更多的预喷质量使NOx逐渐增加,但在15%的预喷比例时获得了最小的不透光烟度值。EGR分层可以优化分段喷射策略下燃料燃烧的排放结果,不仅可以进一步降低NOx排放而且对积聚态微粒排放也有着出色的抑制能力。总之,燃油分层结合EGR分层有利于实现污染物的缸内净化。

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SUN Yi provided the concept and edited the draft of manuscript. SUN Wan-chen, GUO Liang and YAN Yu-ying provided the field test conditions. ZHANG Hao and LI Xiu-ling analyzed the results. SUN Yi and SUN Wan-chen conducted the literature review and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. All authors replied to reviewers’ comments and revised the final version.

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Foundation item: Projects(51476069, 51676084) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China; Project(2019C058-3) supported by the Jilin Provincial Industrial Innovation Special Guidance Fund Project, China; Project(20180101059JC) supported by the Jilin Provincial Science and Technology Development Plan Project, China; Project(2020C025-2) supported by the Jilin Provincial Specific Project of Industrial Technology Research & Development, China

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Sun, Y., Sun, Wc., Guo, L. et al. Combustion and emission characteristics of diesel/n-butanol blends with split-injection and exhaust gas recirculation stratification. J. Cent. South Univ. 29, 2189–2200 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-022-5085-7

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