TY - JOUR
T1 - Emission characteristics of gasoline and lpg in a spray-guided-type direct injection engine
AU - Park, Cheolwoong
AU - Park, Yunseo
AU - Oh, Seungmook
AU - Lee, Yonggyu
AU - Kim, Tae Young
AU - Kim, Hongsuk
AU - Choi, Young
AU - Kang, Kern Yong
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Nowadays, automobile manufacturers are focusing on reducing exhaust-gas emissions because of their harmful effects on humans and the environment, such as global warming due to greenhouse gases. Direct injection combustion is a promising technology that can significantly improve fuel economy compared to conventional port fuel injection spark ignition engines. However, previous studies indicate that relatively high levels of nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission were produced with gasoline fuel in a spray-guided-type combustion system as a result of the stratified combustion characteristics. Because a lean-burn engine cannot employ a three-way catalyst, NOx emissions can be an obstacle to commercializing a lean-burn direct injection engine. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) fuel was proposed as an alternative for reducing NOx emission because it has a higher vapor pressure than gasoline and decreases the local rich mixture region as a result of an improved mixing process. The combustion and emission characteristics of LPG and gasoline fuels were compared in a multi-cylinder engine with a spray-guided-type combustion system. A lower NOx emission value could be achieved with a single injection of LPG, while the hydrocarbon emissions increased.
AB - Nowadays, automobile manufacturers are focusing on reducing exhaust-gas emissions because of their harmful effects on humans and the environment, such as global warming due to greenhouse gases. Direct injection combustion is a promising technology that can significantly improve fuel economy compared to conventional port fuel injection spark ignition engines. However, previous studies indicate that relatively high levels of nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission were produced with gasoline fuel in a spray-guided-type combustion system as a result of the stratified combustion characteristics. Because a lean-burn engine cannot employ a three-way catalyst, NOx emissions can be an obstacle to commercializing a lean-burn direct injection engine. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) fuel was proposed as an alternative for reducing NOx emission because it has a higher vapor pressure than gasoline and decreases the local rich mixture region as a result of an improved mixing process. The combustion and emission characteristics of LPG and gasoline fuels were compared in a multi-cylinder engine with a spray-guided-type combustion system. A lower NOx emission value could be achieved with a single injection of LPG, while the hydrocarbon emissions increased.
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U2 - 10.4271/2013-01-1323
DO - 10.4271/2013-01-1323
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:84881207162
SN - 0148-7191
VL - 2
JO - SAE Technical Papers
JF - SAE Technical Papers
T2 - SAE 2013 World Congress and Exhibition
Y2 - 16 April 2013 through 18 April 2013
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