Effects of pilot injection timing and EGR on a modern V6 common rail direct injection diesel engine

• Published in: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
• Main Author: Abdullah N.R.; Mamat R.; Wyszynski M.L.; Tsolakis A.; Xu H.
• Format: Conference paper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84893627994&doi=10.1088%2f1757-899X%2f50%2f1%2f012008&partnerID=40&md5=97792c5152616022c81319e09ad21441

Nitric oxide and smoke emissions in diesel engine can be controlled by optimising the air/fuel mixture. Early injection produces premixed charge resulted in simultaneous NOx and smoke emissions reduction. However, there could be an increase in hydrocarbons and CO emissions due to fuel impinged to the cylinder wall. The focus of the present work is to investigate the effects of a variation of pilot injection timing with EGR to NOx and smoke level on a modern V6 common rail direct injection. This study is carried out at two different engine load conditions of 30 Nm and 55 Nm, at constant engine speed of 2000 rpm. The results show that the early pilot injection timing contributed to the lower smoke level and higher NOx emissions. The higher level of NOx is due to higher combustion temperatures resulting from the complete combustion. Meanwhile, the lower smoke level is due to complete fuel combustion and soot oxidation. The early pilot injection timing produces an intermediate main ignition delay which also contributed to complete combustion. The formation of smoke is higher at a high engine load compared with low engine load due to the higher amount of fuel being injected. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.