Effect of relative humidity on water injection technique in downsized spark ignition engines
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2021

Combustion knock is a major barrier to achieving high thermal efficiency in spark ignition engines. Water injection was
recently identified as a potential way of overcoming this barrier. To evaluate its general applicability, experiments were
performed on a downsized three-cylinder spark ignition engine, varying the humidity of the intake air, the water injection
timing, and the engine speed. The minimum quantity of injected water required to maintain a given load (and thus level
of engine performance) was determined under each set of tested conditions. The knock-suppressing effects of water
injection were found to be related to changes in the fuel–air mixture’s specific heat ratio (kappa) rather than evaporative
cooling, and to therefore depend on the total quantity of water in the cylinder rather than the relative humidity per se.
The total quantity of water in the cylinder was also shown to be a key determinant of advancement in combustion phasing
and particulate emissions under various conditions.

particulates

Water injection

water content

humidity

downsized spark ignition engine

Författare

Jayesh Khatri

Chalmers, Mekanik och maritima vetenskaper, Förbränning och framdrivningssystem

Nikhil Sharma

Chalmers, Mekanik och maritima vetenskaper, Förbränning och framdrivningssystem

Petter Dahlander

Chalmers, Mekanik och maritima vetenskaper, Förbränning och framdrivningssystem

Lucien Koopmans

Chalmers, Mekanik och maritima vetenskaper, Förbränning och framdrivningssystem

International Journal of Engine Research

1468-0874 (ISSN) 2041-3149 (eISSN)

Vol. 22 7 2119-2130

Högeffektiv hybriddrivlina

Energimyndigheten (43325-1), 2016-12-01 -- 2019-12-31.

Ämneskategorier

Annan maskinteknik

Teknisk mekanik

Transportteknik och logistik

Styrkeområden

Transport

Infrastruktur

Chalmers strömningslaboratorium

DOI

10.1177/1468087420940854

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