Investigation on Combustion and Emission Characteristics of Polyoxymethylene Dimethyl Ethers-Methanol Blends
DOI:10.13949/j.cnki.nrjgc.2021.02.003
Key Words:compression ignition engine  methanol  polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers(PODE)  combustion process  emission
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LIU Junheng, YANG Jun, ZHOU Hailei, SUN Ping, JI Qian, ZHAO Lian 1. School of Automotive and Traffic Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
2.Weichai Power Co., Ltd., Weifang 261061, China 
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Abstract:According to the volume fraction of 0, 10%, 20% and 30%, methanol was blended into polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers (PODE) to prepare the PODE-methanol blends and marked as M0, M10, M20 and M30, respectively. The in-cylinder combustion process and emission performance of the blends at different loads and maximum torque speed was studied on a high pressure common rail diesel engine. Results show that the in-cylinder pressure decreases and the ignition delay period is gradually prolonged by using PODE methanol blends. With the increase of methanol ratio at low and medium loads, the peak value of heat release rate increases first and then decreases, while the peak value of heat release rate increases gradually at high lows. When the volume fraction of methanol is low, the combustion duration is shortened under various loads. When the volume fraction of the methanol reaches 30%, the combustion duration is prolonged under low and medium loads, and the heat release center (CA50) is delayed under various loads. With the increase of the volume fraction of methanol, the emission of NOx decreases while the emission of HC and CO increases, and the smoke emission decreases first and then increases. Formaldehyde emission increases gradually due to the low temperature oxidation of methanol. At the same time, the NO2 emission and NO2/NOx ratio increase with the increase of the volume fraction of methanol. Compared with pure PODE, the NO2 emission and NO2/NOx ratio of M30 at low loads increase by 65% and 107%, respectively.
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