Abstract
Diesel fuel ignition delay times were characterized in a rapid compression machine (RCM) using cylinder ambient gas temperature and pressure measurements as diagnostics. The objective of the study was to investigate the dependency of ignition delay time on: (a) cylinder ambient gas temperature, (b) cylinder ambient gas pressure, (c) injection pressure, (d) injector nozzle orifice diameter, (e) base fuel cetane number and (f) 2-ethylhexyl nitrate (2-EHN) cetane improver additive. The results presented here show that diesel ignition delay times can be shortened by increasing cylinder gas ambient temperatures and pressures, injection pressures and base fuel cetane number, either through blend components or by addition of cetane improver. Decreasing the injector nozzle orifice diameter also decreases the ignition delay time. It was also found that ignition chemistry is rate controlled by the molar concentration of the cylinder gas oxygen.
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