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Numerical Analysis of Low Speed Pre-Ignition and Knock Process in Downsized Turbocharged Direct Injection Engines with Ethanol-Gasoline Blends

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The feasibility of the calculation model and calculation methods is verified by engine bench test and visual rapid compression machine (RCM) test as reported in this paper. Using AVL software FIRE, the processes of low speed preignition (LSPI) and super knock triggered by the oil particles have been studied by numerical analysis of downsized turbocharged direct injection (DI) engines with different proportions of ethanol-gasoline blended fuel and different operating conditions (1200 r·min−1, 1600 r·min−1). The results show that the E10 and E20 fuel engines produce super knock successively; with the increase of the ethanol proportion, even if the LSPI phenomenon (1200 r·min−1) still occurs and leads to the subsequent knock process, the pressure rise amplitude is obviously reduced, and no super knock phenomenon occurs at the time when the ethanol proportion reaches 30%; there is no LSPI phenomenon in the engine after the blending rate is above 50%. The overall conclusion is that there must be LSPI before the super knock in ethanol-gasoline blended fuel downsized turbocharged DI engines, but the LSPI not always lead to super knock. With the increase of ethanol proportion, even if the LSPI occurs in the engine cylinder, it only causes regular knock.

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Abbreviations

RCM:

rapid compression machine

LSPI:

low speed pre-ignition

DI:

direct injection

FFV:

flexible fuel vehicle

CFD:

computational fluid dynamics

ECU:

electronic control unit

CA:

crank angle

TDC:

top dead center

BDC:

bottom dead center

ATDC:

after top dead center

RON:

research octane number

BTDC:

before top dead center

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This work is supported by Major Science & Technology Innovation Project of Shandong Province and National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [grant number 51376113].

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  1. School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan, 250101, China

    Li Ruichen & Xu Boyan

  2. State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    Qi Yunliang

  3. School of Foreign Languages, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan, 250101, China

    Xu Weiyang

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Ruichen, L., Boyan, X., Yunliang, Q. et al. Numerical Analysis of Low Speed Pre-Ignition and Knock Process in Downsized Turbocharged Direct Injection Engines with Ethanol-Gasoline Blends. Int.J Automot. Technol. 21, 13–22 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12239-020-0002-2

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