Zero-Dimensional Analysis of Combustion in a Multiple-Injection CRDI Engine Using Wiebe Law

Abstract:

Common rail direct injection system (CRDI) offers the potential to achieve optimal combustion and emission characteristics. An empirical analysis of engine combustion process incorporating Wiebe type burn rate law approach is useful not only in understanding the combustion characteristics of a CRDI engine but also aids in diagnosis and control of the combustion process wherever required from the performance and emission standpoint. This paper presents a methodology for applying the burn rate law for common rail direct injection diesel engines adopted with split injection by using Wiebe’s correlation. The analysis reveals that while the empirical constant ‘m’ (shape factor) for both pilot and main injections is independent of engine load and seems to be affected by engine speed only, the constant ‘a’ (efficiency parameter) seems to be influenced by the engine speed, load and injection conditions. A correlation for these empirical constants with the respective parameters of dependence can be formulated which can be used to analyze the effect of change in engine operating conditions on combustion characteristics without conducting engine experiments.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 787)
• Pages: 707-711
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.787.707
• Online since: August 2015
• Authors: G. Sudarshan*, S. Rajkumar
• Keywords: CRDI Engine, Empirical Modelling, Multiple-Injection, Zero Dimensional

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