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This paper seeks to examine the effect of distance of the gas injector from an inlet valve on the combustion process in a LPG fuelled SI engine under varied injection timing. Tests were conducted at an engine test stand, where the operating conditions of the engine were maintained stable. The tests were undertaken on an indirect injection spark ignition engine under partial load and at a constant speed. Holes in the inlet pipes were drilled in order to test for four variants of injection nozzle distance from the combustion chamber into which 4 mm diameter nozzles were successively mounted. Each given distance was measured along the symmetry axis of the inlet port, which represents a real path of the fuel-air mixture. The results show that the engine performance is affected more by the injector distance from the inlet valve than by varied LPG injection timing. Consequently, cycle-to-cycle variations of main combustion parameters and engine performance parameters were analyzed.

The article presents results of the 3D-CFD modeling of mixture creation process in the cylinder of diesel engine. The simulation was performed using the AVL Fire software. Based on the geometry of the ADCR engine, produced by Andoria-Mot Company, a 3D-CFD model of combustion chamber, channels in the engine head and CNG injector nozzle were created. This model prevented the simulation of the filling, compression and mixture creation process. Specially prepared CNG injector has been placed in the socket of the glow plug, to minimize interference with the structure of the engine. With this solution full functionality of the original fuel supply system was retained with the ability to work with one or two fuels. During studies the location of the gas injector nozzle was changed. The results of simulation are presented for three variants of CNG injector locations.