Japan STA Program: Combustion Studies of a Duel-Fuel Diesel Engine

该奖项将为威斯康星大学的Joseph Shakal博士与后藤新一博士在日本筑波机械工程实验室进行为期24个月的合作研究提供补充支持。他们将把Shakal博士的辅助燃料喷射方法应用于双燃料柴油发动机的燃烧实验。日本国际贸易和工业部（MITI）目前正在资助机械工程实验室对清洁燃烧发动机技术的研究。后藤健二正在进行减少柴油发动机烟尘、氮氧化物和碳氢化合物排放的实验，方法是在进气阀门打开时，在阀门附近注入丁烷作为液体。利用Shakal博士在双燃料喷射器方面的专业知识，该团队将在发动机上安装一个双燃料喷射器，并在柴油燃料燃烧后喷射丁烷进行实验。通过测量天然荧光和辐射，该团队将确定更清洁燃烧发动机的最佳喷射条件。这种清洁燃烧技术可以立即应用于美国和日本的公共汽车、卡车和其他柴油发动机。

9300617 Martin This award will provide supplementary support to enable Dr. Joseph Shakal of the University of Wisconsin to conduct collaborative research with Dr. Shinichi Goto for 24 months at the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory in Tsukuba, Japan. They will apply Dr. Shakal's methods of auxiliary fuel injection to combustion experiments on a dual fuel diesel engine. The Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) is currently funding research on clean burning engine technology at the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory. Dr. Goto is conducting experiments on reducing soot and nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbon emissions of diesel engines by injecting butane as a liquid near the intake valve at the time the valve is open. Utilizing Dr. Shakal's expertise in dual fuel injectors, the team will install a dual fuel injector on the engine and conduct experiments with butane being injected after combustion of the diesel fuel is underway. By measuring natural fluorescence and emissions, the team will determine the optimum injection conditions for a cleaner burning engine. This clean burning technology could then be immediately applied to bus, truck, and other diesel engines in both the U.S. and Japan.