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Automotive Engineering ›› 2023, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (11): 2139-2147.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2023.11.015

Special Issue: 发动机&排放专题2023年

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An Experimental Study on the Effect of Triple Spark Plug Ignition System on the Lean Combustion Performance of Dedicated Hybrid Engine

Bowen Yan1(),Waters Benjamin2,Pendlebury Ken2,Tiegang Hu1,Jiaxiang Zhang1,Xiaoqian Yang1,Yunping Pu1   

  1. 1.Powertrain Engineering R&D Center,Chongqing Changan Automobile Co. ,Ltd. ,Chongqing 400000
    2.Changan UK R&D Centre Limited,Birmingham B377 YG
  • Received:2023-04-14 Revised:2023-05-11 Online:2023-11-25 Published:2023-11-27
  • Contact: Bowen Yan E-mail:yanbw@changan.com.cn

Abstract:

A study is conducted on a three-cylinder 1.5TGDI turbocharged direct injection engine, in terms of the effect of triple spark plug (TSP) ignition on the lean combustion performance. The results show that TSP can effectively extend the lean burn limit, with compression ratio of 15, the TSP can achieve stable combustion at lambda 1.95 for the specific operating condition of 2 000 r/min 8 bar BMEP, with the minimum brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) reduced by 5 g/(kW·h) compared with that of the single spark plug, and raw NO x emission reduced to about 50×10-6. At this condition, the limit for a further lambda increase is mainly due to the boost capability. When the compression ration increases to 16, the minimum BSFC improvement is not obvious compared with that of the compression ratio of 15, and the lean burn limit decreases. The TSP has little benefit for reducing the knock tendency, but can increase the lean mixture combustion rate obviously, at the same lambda condition, its combustion duration can be 3-6°CA shortened compared to single spark plug, and increase by only 2°CA at lambda 1.95 compared to stoichiometric combustion. Through a further investigation on the potential maximum thermal efficiency, it shows that with the compression ratio of 15, the TSP can finally achieve 45.02% maximum brake thermal efficiency.

Key words: triple spark plug system, dedicated hybrid engine, homogeneous lean combustion, thermal efficiency, NO x emission