Particulate Mass Reduction and Clean-up of DISI Injector Deposits via Novel Fuels Additive Technology
- 13 October 2014
- conference paper
- conference paper
- Published by SAE International in SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility
Abstract
Particulate mass (PM) emissions from DISI engines can be reduced via fuels additive technology that facilitates injector deposit clean-up. A significant drawback of DISI engines is that they can have higher particulate matter emissions than PFI gasoline engines. Soot formation in general is dependent on the air-fuel ratio, combustion chamber temperature and the chemical structure and thermo-physical properties of the fuel. In this regard, PM emissions and DISI injector deposit clean-up were studied in three identical high sales-volume vehicles. The tests compared the effects of a fuel (Fuel A) containing a market generic additive at lowest additive concentration (LAC) against a fuel formulated with a novel additive technology (Fuel B). The fuels compared had an anti-knock index value of 87 containing up to 10% ethanol. The vehicles were run on Fuel A for 20,000 miles followed by 5,000 miles on Fuel B using a chassis dynamometer. It was observed that Fuel A gave rise to an increase in PM emissions indicative of DISI injector deposit build-up. Whereas, Fuel B showed statistically significant reduction in PM emissions for all three vehicles at 95% confidence interval. PM reduction data was also supported by scanning electron microscope (SEM) images that showed clean-up of the injector deposits around the nozzle holes. The results observed are attributed to the thermal stability and the dosage of the additive technology utilized.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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