Abstract
Stable ultra-lean combustion is an effective way for natural gas engines to reduce NOx emissions, but it also has higher requirements for ignition stability. The passive pre-chamber can effectively increase the ignition energy and extend the lean-burn limit of natural gas engines. However, the scavenging capacity of the pre-chamber limits its performance under low engine load. In this paper, several passive pre-chambers are designed, and the CFD simulation is carried out to investigate the influence of direction, number and diameter of the nozzle on the scavenging process. The discharge of residual gas in the pre-chamber is mainly affected by the nozzle diameter, which varies from 5.9% to 1% when the nozzle diameter increases from 0.8 mm to 1.6 mm. At the same time, claw-shaped electrodes are applied in the pre-chamber to increase the combustion rate, which is validated in a cylinder combustion simulation. Finally, the passive pre-chamber is tested on a 6-cylinder natural gas engine under 25% load. The results show that, under the proper ignition timing, the excess air ratio (λ) can reach 1.9 under 25% load of propulsion characteristic with a low level of cyclic variation. At this time, the NOx emission can be as low as 0.34 g/kWh without aftertreatment equipment.
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