Operational Characteristics of a Lean Burn Sl-Engine: Comparison Between Plasma-Jet and Conventional Ignition System 870608
Besides the specific demands on mixture formation the main problem of lean-mixture SI engines is to assure the ignition of the air-fuel mixture even if very lean and at all operational conditions.
In the scope of extensive research work an analysis was made of the operational behavior of a 4-stroke SI-engine with a newly developed plasma-jet ignition and a conventional transistorized ignition system, respectively. The investigations on the engine were completed by tests in a combustion chamber with methane-air mixture.
With plasma-jet ignition the combustion delay and the combustion duration are clearly shorter. The engine tests also revealed a clearly extended lean misfire limit and a reduction of cyclic variations. The NOX-emissions are only slightly higher than with the transistorized ignition system although a considerable improvement of the brake efficiency can be obtained. In the case of plasma-jet ignition the analysis of the combustion process shows an essential reduction of the losses due to real combustion, while heat losses increase less distinctly.
Citation: Kupe, J., Wilhelmi, H., and Adams, W., "Operational Characteristics of a Lean Burn Sl-Engine: Comparison Between Plasma-Jet and Conventional Ignition System," SAE Technical Paper 870608, 1987, https://doi.org/10.4271/870608. Download Citation
Author(s):
J. Kupe, H. Wilhelmi, W. Adams
Affiliated:
institut für industrieofenbau und Wärmetechnik, RWTH Aachen, West Germany
Pages: 12
Event:
SAE International Congress and Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
SAE 1987 Transactions: Reciprocating Engines--Spark Ignition and Diesel-V96-4
Related Topics:
Combustion and combustion processes
Lean burn engines
Spark ignition engines
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