Skip-firing (or cylinder de-activation) was assessed as a method of sampling CO2 from directly in the cylinder at higher speeds than previously possible. CO2 was directly sampled from one cylinder of a 1-litre 3-cylinder gasoline engine to determine the residual gas fraction using a fast response CO/CO2 analyser. Acquisition of data for similar measurements is typically limited to engine speeds of below 1300 rpm to allow full resolution of the sample, through the analyser that has an 8 millisecond finite response time. In order to sample in-cylinder CO2 at higher engine speeds a skip-firing method is developed. By shutting off ignition intermittently during engine operation, the residual CO2 from the last firing cycle can be measured at significantly higher engine speeds. Comparison of residual gas fraction CO2 at low speeds for normal and skip-fire operation shows good correlation. This suggests that skip-firing is a suitable method for directly measuring internal exhaust gas recirculation up to at least 3000 rpm. The measurements obtained may provide a useful tool for validating internal exhaust gas recirculation models and could be used to calculate combustion air-fuel ratio from the CO and CO2 content of the burned gas. These are typically complicated parameters to predict due to the slow response time and sensitivity to hydrocarbons of wide-band oxygen sensors. A differing pattern of residual gas fraction change with increasing speed was seen between normal and skipfire operation.
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ASME 2018 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference
November 4–7, 2018
San Diego, California, USA
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- Internal Combustion Engine Division
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978-0-7918-5199-9
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In-Cylinder CO2 Sampling Using Skip-Firing Method
Matthew Duckhouse,
Matthew Duckhouse
Cambustion Ltd., Cambridge, UK
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Byron Mason,
Byron Mason
Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
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Edward Winward,
Edward Winward
Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
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Matthew Hammond
Matthew Hammond
Cambustion Ltd., Cambridge, UK
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Matthew Duckhouse
Cambustion Ltd., Cambridge, UK
Mark Peckham
Cambustion Ltd., Cambridge, UK
Byron Mason
Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
Edward Winward
Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
Matthew Hammond
Cambustion Ltd., Cambridge, UK
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ICEF2018-9570, V002T05A006; 12 pages
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January 3, 2019
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Duckhouse, M, Peckham, M, Mason, B, Winward, E, & Hammond, M. "In-Cylinder CO2 Sampling Using Skip-Firing Method." Proceedings of the ASME 2018 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference. Volume 2: Emissions Control Systems; Instrumentation, Controls, and Hybrids; Numerical Simulation; Engine Design and Mechanical Development. San Diego, California, USA. November 4–7, 2018. V002T05A006. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/ICEF2018-9570
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