An Analytical Study on Knocking Heat Release and its Control in a Spark Ignition Engine 880196
In this study the relationship between the timing for the onset of autoignition and the amount of mixture fraction burned by autoignition and the resulting knock intensity is investigated using a combination of high-speed laser shadowgraphy and thermodynamic calculations. It is made clear that over 40 percent of the entire mixture burns due to autoignition in a crank angle of less than five to eight degrees when an engine is operated under a heavy knocking condition. This burn rate is about ten times higher than that of combustion seen in a normally propagating flame. This abrupt heat release causes an oscillation in cylinder gases, resulting in a knocking sound.
The experimental procedure is applied to examine the effect of a squish combustion chamber on suppressing knock. The results indicate that, when autoignition occurs in the squish area, an amount of mixture burned by autoignition is small, resulting in lower knock intensity.
Citation: Takagi, Y., Itoh, T., and Iijima, T., "An Analytical Study on Knocking Heat Release and its Control in a Spark Ignition Engine," SAE Technical Paper 880196, 1988, https://doi.org/10.4271/880196. Download Citation
