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Investigating the impact of copper leaching on combustion characteristics and particulate emissions in HPCR diesel engines

La Rocca, Antonino; Ferrante, Annalisa; Haffner-Staton, Ephraim; Cairns, Alasdair; Weilhard, Andreas.; Sans, Victor; Carlucci, Antonio Paolo; Laforgia, Domenico

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ANTONINO LA ROCCA ANTONINO.LAROCCA@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Applied Thermofluids and Propulsion Systems

Annalisa Ferrante

Ephraim Haffner-Staton

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ALASDAIR CAIRNS Alasdair.Cairns1@nottingham.ac.uk
Chair in Combustion Engineering

Victor Sans

Antonio Paolo Carlucci

Domenico Laforgia



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Abstract

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Copper leaching in diesel fuel and its impact on combustion and emission characteristics of a Direct Injection High Pressure Common Rail (DI HPCR) diesel engine was investigated. This work was performed using a single cylinder Ricardo Hydra research engine fitted with a cylinder head, piston assembly, and crankshaft from a production 2.2 L DI diesel engine. A fuel conditioning device consisting of a helicoidally shaped copper duct and electromagnetic coils powered from the battery was installed along the fuel line just before the high pressure pump. A diesel fuel with a copper content of less than 0.2 ppm was used. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) analysis showed an increase of copper content to 1 ppm when fuel flowed through the conditioning device prior to the injection and returned from the engine back to the fuel tank. Copper leaching from the conditioning device was confirmed using a bespoke test rig. Combustion characteristics were analysed via post-processing pressure measurements, while an AVL Smoke Meter was used to monitor particulate emissions. A pilot plus main strategy was used to achieve a target Brake Mean Effect Pressure (BMEP) typical of medium load. Soot reduction in the range of 7–14% was measured when the device was connected to the fuel line, compared to the baseline. The initiation and early development of combustion was also investigated using an unstirred, quiescent combustion chamber with optical access. High-speed photography showed that ignition probability was enhanced in presence of the fuel conditioning device.

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La Rocca, A., Ferrante, A., Haffner-Staton, E., Cairns, A., Weilhard, A., Sans, V., …Laforgia, D. (2020). Investigating the impact of copper leaching on combustion characteristics and particulate emissions in HPCR diesel engines. Fuel, 263, Article 116719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116719

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 20, 2019
Online Publication Date Nov 30, 2019
Publication Date Mar 1, 2020
Deposit Date Jan 16, 2020
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Fuel
Print ISSN 0016-2361
Electronic ISSN 1873-7153
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 263
Article Number 116719
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116719
Keywords Fuel Technology; Organic Chemistry; Energy Engineering and Power Technology; General Chemical Engineering
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3730706
Publisher URL https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016236119320733?via%3Dihub

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