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标题：Numerical investigation of the effect of injection timing on the in-cylinder activity of a gasoline direct injection engine
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作者：Yu Zhang ; Qifan Wang ; Ruomiao Yang 等
期刊名称：Advances in Mechanical Engineering
印刷版ISSN：1687-8140
电子版ISSN：1687-8140
出版年度：2022
卷号：14
期号：3
页码：1-14
DOI：10.1177/16878132221082873
语种：English
出版社：Sage Publications Ltd.
摘要：GDI (Gasoline direct injection) technology is used in downsized engines for its economy and low emissions. However, if the injection strategy is not set properly, GDI will produce more emissions than conventional gasoline engines. In this paper, the effect of injection timing on GDI engine emissions under optimal phasing conditions was analyzed by using a three-dimensional (3D) computational fluid dynamics (CFD) GDI engine numerical model. The results showed that at medium engine speed and medium load advancing the injection timing from −300 to −290 CAD ATDC resulted in a more efficient and cleaner combustion process, as evidenced by the higher power output, the increased thermal and combustion efficiencies, and the reduced CO, UHC, soot emissions. The raised NOx emissions at advanced injection timing operation corresponded to the high combustion quality. There was a trade-off relation for advancing injection timing strategy. Specifically, an advanced injection timing operation would increase the amount of liquid film formed on the piston and liner, which is not favorable to clean combustion. However, advancing injection timing also provides more time for fuel-air mixing, which is beneficial for the formation of a more homogeneous mixture. The numerical simulations suggested that the advantages of earlier injection timing outweighed the disadvantages and improved engine efficiency, at least for the conditions and the engine investigated here. Moreover, the comparison indicated that changing injection timing also altered the chemical reaction pathways for pollutant species formation. Overall, all of these findings demonstrated that more fundamental work is still needed to understand the effect of injection timing on engine performance.
关键词：GDI engine;injection timing;in-cylinder activity;3D CFD