Experimental Study on Plateau Matching Performance of Turbocharger and Vehicle Diesel Engine

Abstract

In order to improve the plateau adaptability of CY4102BZLQ-A2A turbocharged diesel engine, the matching performances of the diesel engine with TB28 and HP60 turbochargers at different altitudes (0 m, 2,000 m, 3,000 m, 3,500 m, 4,000 m) were investigated on the engine test bed for simulating high altitude (1ow atmosphere pressure). Results show that HP 60 turbocharger is more suitable to match the engine in terms of engine performance, intake air characteristics, turbocharger rotational speed etc. TB28 turbocharger is over speed when the engine runs at 3,500 m altitude and 2,600 r/min rotational speed, while HP60 turbocharger is over speed when the engine runs at 4,000 m altitude and 2,800 r/min rotational speed. No matter which turbocharger is selected to match the engine, the performance of the engine will deteriorate at different extents. The intake air flow mass and the air-fuel ratio decrease by 7.1-10.5% and 7.2-10.3% respectively with altitude increasing every 1,000 m. By contrast with 0 m altitude, engine torque and power at 4,000 m altitude decrease within 1% and the specific fuel consumption increases by 3.2-3.5% at the maximum torque speed, while the engine torque and power decrease by 4.6-5.3% and 4.5-5.2% respectively and the specific fuel consumption increases by 5.3-11.5% at higher and lower engine rotational speed.