Journal article

Boosted HCCI combustion using low-octane gasoline with fully premixed and partially stratified charges

Y Yang, J Dec, N Dronniou, W Cannella

SAE Technical Papers | Published : 2012

Abstract

High-load HCCI combustion has recently been demonstrated with conventional gasoline using intake pressure boosting. The key is to control the high combustion heat release rates (HRR) by using combustion timing retard and mixture stratification. However, at naturally aspirated and moderately boosted conditions, these techniques did not work well due to the low autoignition reactivity of conventional gasoline at these conditions. This work studies a low-octane distillate fuel with similar volatility to gasoline, termed Hydrobate, for its potential in HCCI engine combustion at naturally aspirated and low-range boosted conditions. The HCCI combustion with fully premixed and partially stratified ..

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Grants

Awarded by Chevron under WFO


Awarded by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company, for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration


Funding Acknowledgements

Primary support for this investigation was provided by Chevron under WFO contract FI083070907-Z. The work was performed at the Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA. Support for establishing the HCCI lab facility was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Vehicle Technologies, program manager Gurpreet Singh. Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by the Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company, for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DEAC04-94AL85000.