Experimental Study of the Effect of Start of Injection and Blend Ratio on Single Fuel Reformate RCCI

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dc.contributor.authorHariharan, Deivanayagam
dc.contributor.authorGainey, Brian
dc.contributor.authorYan, Ziming
dc.contributor.authorMamalis, Sotirios
dc.contributor.authorLawler, Benjamin
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.contributor.otherClemson University
dc.contributor.otherState University of New York (SUNY) System
dc.contributor.otherState University of New York (SUNY) Stony Brook
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-27T19:25:38Z
dc.date.available2022-01-27T19:25:38Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractA new concept of single fuel reactivity-controlled compression ignition (RCCI) has been proposed through the catalytic partial oxidation (CPOX) reformation of diesel fuel. The reformed fuel mixture is then used as the low reactivity fuel and diesel itself is used as the high reactivity fuel. In this paper, two reformate mixtures from the reformation of diesel were selected for further analysis. Each reformate fuel mixture contained a significant fraction of inert gases (89% and 81%). The effects of the difference in the molar concentrations of the reformate mixtures were studied by experimenting with diesel as the direct injected fuel in RCCI over a varying start of injection timings and different blend ratios (i.e., the fraction of low and high reactivity fuels). The reformate mixture with the lower inert gas concentration had earlier combustion phasing and shorter combustion duration at any given diesel start of injection timing. The higher reactivity separation between reformate mixture and diesel, compared with gasoline and diesel, causes the combustion phasing of reformate-diesel RCCI to be more sensitive to the start of injection timing. The maximum combustion efficiency was found at a CA50 before top dead center (TDC), whereas the maximum thermal efficiency occurs at a CA50 after TDC. The range of energy-based blend ratios in which reformate-diesel RCCI is possible is between 25% and 45%, limited by ringing intensity (RI) at the low limit of blend ratios, and coefficient of variance (COV) of net indicated mean effective pressure (IMEPn) and combustion efficiency at the high limit. Intake boosting becomes necessary due to the oxygen deficiency caused by the low energy density of the reformate mixtures as it displaces intake air.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationHariharan, D., Gainey, B., Yan, Z., Mamalis, S., & Lawler, B. (2020). Experimental study of the effect of start of injection and blend ratio on single fuel reformate RCCI. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 142(8). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4047814
dc.identifier.doi10.1115/1.4047814
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/8249
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherASME
dc.subjectCOMPRESSION IGNITION RCCI
dc.subjectHIGH-EFFICIENCY
dc.subjectREACTIVITY
dc.subjectCOMBUSTION
dc.subjectHCCI
dc.subjectSTRATIFICATION
dc.subjectGASOLINE
dc.subjectEngineering, Mechanical
dc.subjectEngineering
dc.titleExperimental Study of the Effect of Start of Injection and Blend Ratio on Single Fuel Reformate RCCIen_US
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