SBIR Phase I: Development of an Adaptive Dual-Fuel Injector to Enable High Efficiency Clean Combustion for SUV and Light Duty Truck Engines

SBIR 第一阶段：开发自适应双燃料喷射器，实现 SUV 和轻型卡车发动机的高效清洁燃烧

• 批准号: 1215103
• 负责人: Deyang Hou
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: QuantLogic Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-07-01 至 2013-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1215103&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Development; Adaptive; Dual

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project investigates the technical and commercial merits and potential commercial feasibility of an Adaptive Dual-Fuel (ADF) Injector for direct injection of gasoline and diesel fuels to enable high efficiency clean combustion. Gasoline and E85 fuels are among the most widely available fuels, but are mostly used on spark-ignition port injection gasoline engines with 30~40% less thermal efficiency than diesel engines. The key innovation of the ADF injector enables direct injections of both gasoline/E85 and diesel fuel selectively on-demand from a single injector. The ADF injector can enable simultaneous reduction of NOx and particular matter (PM) emissions and improve engine efficiency through advanced low temperature combustion. It can gain about 30~40% efficiency improvement for gasoline and E85 fuels by using a diesel engine platform. The adaptive dual-fuel injector also provides flexibility for enabling engines to run on either pure diesel, gasoline-diesel, or E85-diesel dual fuels. The Phase I work includes design, alpha prototyping, spray visualization imaging and laser measurements to identify merits and feasibility of the proposed ADF injector. The broader impact/commercial potential of this project will be significant benefits for energy security and environment protection. The industry-university collaborated engineering research can also provide deeper understanding on characteristics of dual fuel injection. The dual fuel injector provides new capabilities which can potentially enable transformative combustion methods and regimes for ultra high efficiency clean combustion. This project will significantly benefit US consumers through significant fuel cost saving, facilitate implementations of new CAFE standards with low cost, and benefit US economy.

该小型企业创新研究第一阶段项目研究了用于直接喷射汽油和柴油以实现高效清洁燃烧的自适应双燃料 (ADF) 喷射器的技术和商业优点以及潜在的商业可行性。汽油和E85燃料是最广泛使用的燃料，但主要用于火花点火式端口喷射汽油发动机，其热效率比柴油发动机低30~40%。 ADF 喷油器的关键创新使得能够从单个喷油器选择性地按需直接喷射汽油/E85 和柴油。 ADF 喷射器可以同时减少氮氧化物和颗粒物 (PM) 排放，并通过先进的低温燃烧提高发动机效率。通过使用柴油发动机平台，汽油和E85燃料的效率可提高约30~40%。自适应双燃料喷射器还提供了灵活性，使发动机能够使用纯柴油、汽油-柴油或 E85-柴油双燃料运行。第一阶段的工作包括设计、阿尔法原型制作、喷雾可视化成像和激光测量，以确定所提出的 ADF 喷射器的优点和可行性。该项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力将为能源安全和环境保护带来重大利益。产学合作的工程研究还可以更深入地了解双燃料喷射的特性。双燃料喷射器提供了新的功能，有可能实现变革性的燃烧方法和超高效清洁燃烧的机制。该项目将通过大幅节省燃料成本使美国消费者受益，并以低成本促进新CAFE标准的实施，并有利于美国经济。