Effects of Intake Tumble Strength on Combustion Performance in SIDI Engine
WU Qiang, XU Min, YANG Jie, DONG Xue
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(National Engineering Laboratory for Automotive Electronic Control Technology, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China)
Variable tumble ratios were achieved by adjusting the
crosssection area of intake manifold with different flow guide plates on
a SIDI optical engine test bench. Incylinder tumble
strength and kinetic energy were evaluated with Converge software, the crank
angle resolved flame images were recorded with a high speed color camera and
the instantaneous cylinder pressure was monitored by a combustion analyzer. The
blue and yellow flames were separated with the image processing, which
represented the CH released chemiluminescence and the soot particle radiation
respectively. The results show that with the increase of the tumble strength,
the blue flame area, burning rate and IMEP all increase. It shows a strong
correlation between the blue flame area and the heat release rate. Meanwhile,
it is indicated the soot reduces because the yellow flame decrease. Besides,
higher tumble ratio can suppress cycletocycle variation.