Octane Appetite Studies in Direct Injection Spark Ignition (DISI) Engines 2005-01-0244
The anti-knock or octane quality of a fuel depends on the fuel composition as well as on the engine design and operating conditions. The true octane quality of practical fuels is defined by the Octane Index, OI = (1-K)RON + KMON where K is a constant for a given operating condition and depends only on the pressure and temperature variation in the engine (it is not a property of the fuel). RON and MON are the Research and Motor Octane numbers respectively, of the fuel. OI is the octane number of the primary reference fuel (PRF) with the same knocking behaviour at the given condition. In this work a wide range of fuels of different RON and MON were tested in prototype direct injection spark ignition (DISI) engines with compression ratios of 11 and 12.5 at different speeds up to 6000 RPM. Knock Limited Spark Advance (KLSA) was used to characterize the anti-knock quality of the fuel. Experiments were also done using two cars with DISI engines equipped with knock sensor systems. The anti-knock quality of a fuel in the car is inferred from the power/acceleration performance, which changes in response to knock. RON is dominant for fuel anti-knock quality at all engine speeds. Moreover, for low and moderate engine speeds, frequently used on the road, for a given RON, lower MON results in better fuel anti-knock quality.
Citation: Kalghatgi, G., Nakata, K., and Mogi, K., "Octane Appetite Studies in Direct Injection Spark Ignition (DISI) Engines," SAE Technical Paper 2005-01-0244, 2005, https://doi.org/10.4271/2005-01-0244. Download Citation
Author(s):
Gautam T. Kalghatgi, Koichi Nakata, Kazuhisa Mogi
Affiliated:
Shell Global Solutions U.K., Toyota Motor Corporation
Pages: 17
Event:
SAE 2005 World Congress & Exhibition
Also in:
SI Combustion and Direct Injection SI Engine Technology-SP-1972, SAE 2005 Transactions Journal of Engines-V114-3