Grant: Automotive Partnership Canada Project
University of Windsor
$164,500.00
Bio-alcohol diesel combustion control for high efficiency and low emission diesel engines
FY 2015-16
Summary
In-line with the growing interests in renewable fuels worldwide, this research team will, in close collaboration
with industrial and academic partners, utilize the established research capabilities of the Clean Combustion
Engine Laboratory (CCEL), to make significant progresses and breakthroughs on the enabling of ultraclean and
efficient combustion in the advanced diesel and gasoline engines, especially when using the bio-source derived
fuels. Extensive research has been performed at Windsor, to explore the compliance of the advanced hardware
design and the combustion control strategies to biofuels and the other fuel property departures. Comprehensive
air and fuel management strategies are developed to raise the fuel efficiency significantly and to cut the exhaust
emissions drastically. However, the implementation concerns are yet to be fully addressed, and the control
hurdles overcome, by new research efforts from the collective expertise of the collaborative partners. The
technique of low temperature combustion, to which the Windsor group has a lead worldwide, are to be applied
to the bio-ethanol and blends in combustion, via an energy and volume controlled ignition strategy that
includes igniting by the adaptive arcing, diesel pilot, and other innovative ignition techniques. A cluster of
unique corona discharge techniques have been explored at CCEL to present an ignition corona pulse-train of
variable volume and duration that are suitable to ignite a lean and diluted cylinder charge, especially when
using an alcohol fuel. Due to the polar structure of alcohol molecule, the application of corona ignition in a
bio-ethanol mixture could possess significant advantage over the conventional fossil fuels such as gasoline and
diesel. The advanced techniques of CCEL, i.e. the ignition control algorism of multi-fuel combustion and the
multi-mode combustion controller including the corona system, will directly contribute the product innovations
of the industrial partners, and broadly benefit the other worldwide engine manufacturers. The project aims at a
fuel efficiency significantly exceeding that of the current gasoline engines, and an emission standard most
stringent worldwide, in addition to directly benefit Canada and China.
Program
Automotive Partnership Canada Project
Recipient
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
453063-2013
Name nom
Zheng, Ming
Department département
Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering
Organization id
37
Institution établissement
University of Windsor
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2015
Competition year année de concours
2013
Award amount
164500
Program id
APCPJ
Program name en
Automotive Partnership Canada Project
Program name fr
Partenariat automobile du Canada
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
96
Committee name en
RPP Internal Decision Cttee
Committee name fr
Cté de décision interne - PPR
Area of application code
306
Area of application group en
Energy resources
Area of application group fr
Ressources d'énergie
Area of application en
Energy efficiency
Area of application fr
Efficacité énergétique
Research subject code
2100
Research subject group en
Mechanical engineering
Research subject group fr
Génie mécanique
Research subject en
Mechanical engineering
Research subject fr
Génie mécanique
Partie
2
Nb partie
3
Application title
Bio-alcohol diesel combustion control for high efficiency and low emission diesel engines
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
In-line with the growing interests in renewable fuels worldwide, this research team will, in close collaboration
with industrial and academic partners, utilize the established research capabilities of the Clean Combustion
Engine Laboratory (CCEL), to make significant progresses and breakthroughs on the enabling of ultraclean and
efficient combustion in the advanced diesel and gasoline engines, especially when using the bio-source derived
fuels. Extensive research has been performed at Windsor, to explore the compliance of the advanced hardware
design and the combustion control strategies to biofuels and the other fuel property departures. Comprehensive
air and fuel management strategies are developed to raise the fuel efficiency significantly and to cut the exhaust
emissions drastically. However, the implementation concerns are yet to be fully addressed, and the control
hurdles overcome, by new research efforts from the collective expertise of the collaborative partners. The
technique of low temperature combustion, to which the Windsor group has a lead worldwide, are to be applied
to the bio-ethanol and blends in combustion, via an energy and volume controlled ignition strategy that
includes igniting by the adaptive arcing, diesel pilot, and other innovative ignition techniques. A cluster of
unique corona discharge techniques have been explored at CCEL to present an ignition corona pulse-train of
variable volume and duration that are suitable to ignite a lean and diluted cylinder charge, especially when
using an alcohol fuel. Due to the polar structure of alcohol molecule, the application of corona ignition in a
bio-ethanol mixture could possess significant advantage over the conventional fossil fuels such as gasoline and
diesel. The advanced techniques of CCEL, i.e. the ignition control algorism of multi-fuel combustion and the
multi-mode combustion controller including the corona system, will directly contribute the product innovations
of the industrial partners, and broadly benefit the other worldwide engine manufacturers. The project aims at a
fuel efficiency significantly exceeding that of the current gasoline engines, and an emission standard most
stringent worldwide, in addition to directly benefit Canada and China.
