Evaluation of the significance of the effect of the active cross-sectional area of the inlet air channel on the specific enthalpy of the exhaust gas of a diesel engine using statistics F of the Fisher-Snedecor distribution

Abstract

This paper presents the application of Fisher-Snedecor distribution F statistics to assess the significance of the influence of changes in the active cross-sectional area of the inlet air channel (Adol) flow in a diesel engine on the observed diagnostic parameter determined on the basis of measurements of the quick changing exhaust gas temperature in the outlet channel, which is the specific enthalpy of the exhaust gas stream within one engine operating cycle (hspal). A plan of experimental tests carried out on the laboratory stand of a single-cylinder Farymann Diesel type D10 laboratory engine was presented and the method of determination of F statistics values for the obtained measurement results was characterized. Representative results of calculations were presented and the strength of Adol input parameter influence on the determined diagnostic parameter hspal simplified physical model of the working process of a compression ignition engine as the object of diagnosis was evaluated. It is planned to further develop the experimental research program to determine the significance of the influence of changes in the values of selected parameters of the engine structure on other diagnostic measures determined from the exhaust gas temperature signal, i.e. the mean peak-to-peak value as well as the rate (intensity) of increase and decrease in its value for individual engine cycles.