Fuel Design Concept for Low Emission in Engine Systems

Abstract

<div class="htmlview paragraph">In previous our work, we revealed that the flash boiling process could improve remarkably the spray atomization for the pure substance-single component fuel in relation to the port-injected S.I. engines. Then, we applied this flash boiling spray to the Diesel spray process by the use of the two phase region formed between liquefied CO<sub>2</sub> and n-Tridecane as the first step of fuel design concept. And the promoted atomization properties could be obtained in this mixed fuel concept. Further, we could obtain the simultaneous reduction of NO and soot emissions in Diesel engine exhaust due to the spray internal EGR effect and reburning of soot. As the second step, we proposed a novel fuel design concept for low exhaust emission and combustion control, relating to mixed and reformulated fuels with a lower boiling point fuel such as gasoline components or gas fuel and a higher boiling point fuel such as gas oil or heavy oil components to obtain the both advantages of their fuels for combustion. Here, vaporizing properties and the fuel transportation variables could be improved reasonably due to the formation of two-phase region. The vaporizing characteristics and combustion properties are examined for the mixed fuel of gasoline component and gas oil component, inside the constant volume vessel and RCEM.</div>