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Article

An Experimental Investigation on the Combustion and Heat Release Characteristics of an Opposed-Piston Folded-Cranktrain Diesel Engine

by
Fukang Ma
1,2,
Changlu Zhao
1,
Fujun Zhang
1,
Zhenfeng Zhao
1,*,
Zhenyu Zhang
1,
Zhaoyi Xie
1 and
Hao Wang
1
1
School of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhongguancun South Street No.5, Beijing 100081, China
2
School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, North University of China, University Road No.3, Taiyuan 030051, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Energies 2015, 8(7), 6365-6381; https://doi.org/10.3390/en8076365
Submission received: 21 April 2015 / Revised: 11 June 2015 / Accepted: 12 June 2015 / Published: 25 June 2015
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy Conservation in Infrastructures)
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Abstract

In opposed-piston folded-cranktrain diesel engines, the relative movement rules of opposed-pistons, combustion chamber components and injector position are different from those of conventional diesel engines. The combustion and heat release characteristics of an opposed-piston folded-cranktrain diesel engine under different operating conditions were investigated. Four phases: ignition delay, premixed combustion, diffusion combustion and after combustion are used to describe the heat release process of the engine. Load changing has a small effect on premixed combustion duration while it influences diffusion combustion duration significantly. The heat release process has more significant isochoric and isobaric combustion which differs from the conventional diesel engine situation, except at high exhaust pressure and temperature, due to its two-stroke and uniflow scavenging characteristics. Meanwhile, a relatively high-quality exhaust heat energy is produced in opposed-piston folded-cranktrain diesel engines.
Keywords: opposed-piston two-stroke; combustion characteristics; rate of heat release; exergy analysis opposed-piston two-stroke; combustion characteristics; rate of heat release; exergy analysis
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Ma, F.; Zhao, C.; Zhang, F.; Zhao, Z.; Zhang, Z.; Xie, Z.; Wang, H. An Experimental Investigation on the Combustion and Heat Release Characteristics of an Opposed-Piston Folded-Cranktrain Diesel Engine. Energies 2015, 8, 6365-6381. https://doi.org/10.3390/en8076365

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Ma F, Zhao C, Zhang F, Zhao Z, Zhang Z, Xie Z, Wang H. An Experimental Investigation on the Combustion and Heat Release Characteristics of an Opposed-Piston Folded-Cranktrain Diesel Engine. Energies. 2015; 8(7):6365-6381. https://doi.org/10.3390/en8076365

Chicago/Turabian Style

Ma, Fukang, Changlu Zhao, Fujun Zhang, Zhenfeng Zhao, Zhenyu Zhang, Zhaoyi Xie, and Hao Wang. 2015. "An Experimental Investigation on the Combustion and Heat Release Characteristics of an Opposed-Piston Folded-Cranktrain Diesel Engine" Energies 8, no. 7: 6365-6381. https://doi.org/10.3390/en8076365

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Ma, F., Zhao, C., Zhang, F., Zhao, Z., Zhang, Z., Xie, Z., & Wang, H. (2015). An Experimental Investigation on the Combustion and Heat Release Characteristics of an Opposed-Piston Folded-Cranktrain Diesel Engine. Energies, 8(7), 6365-6381. https://doi.org/10.3390/en8076365

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