Abstract:
Gaseous fuel injection pressures are normally less than liquid fuel injection pressures, resulting in reduced gaseous fuel jet momentum and mixing. A combustion system for an internal combustion engine comprises an intake port and valve, a cylinder and a piston that cooperate to provide a quiescent combustion chamber. The piston includes a re-entrant type piston bowl comprising an outer periphery and a protuberance emanating from the outer periphery. A fuel injector is configured to directly introduce a gaseous fuel into the combustion chamber and an ignition source is provided for igniting the gaseous fuel. A controller actuates the fuel injector such that a gaseous fuel jet is directed towards and splits upon impacting the protuberance forming first and second fuel plumes. The first fuel plume is redirected towards a first mixing zone adjacent a cylinder head and the second fuel plume redirected towards a second mixing zone adjacent the piston bowl.
Abstract:
A piston for a compression ignition internal combustion engine includes a piston body having a combustion face defining a combustion bowl, and the combustion face including a compound bowl surface and a compound rim surface. The combustion face is profiled to balance a combustion efficiency property of the piston with emissions properties of the piston. A ratio of a diameter of the combustion bowl to a diameter of the cylinder bowl bore is from 0.68 to 0.74. Other dimensional and proportional features of the piston support low smoke and NOx production during operation.
Abstract:
A compression ignition internal combustion engine includes: a cylinder block and a cylinder head; a piston including a cavity that defines a combustion chamber in cooperation with the cylinder block and the cylinder head; and a nozzle for injecting fuel into the combustion chamber, wherein the cavity includes: a raised portion raised toward the nozzle; a bottom surface formed around the raised portion; and a first surface and a second surface that are continuous to the bottom surface, a depth of the first surface becomes shallower toward a radially outer side of the piston, the first surface and the second surface are provided at different positions in a circumferential direction about a central axis of the piston, a distance from the nozzle to the first surface is greater than a distance from the nozzle to the second surface, and the nozzle respectively injects first and second fuel sprays toward the first surface and the second surface, and injects a third fuel spray between the first and second fuel sprays.
Abstract:
A piston (718, 818, 918, 1018) for a compression ignition internal combustion engine (1010) includes a piston body (720, 820, 920, 1020) having a combustion face (728, 828, 928, 1028) defining a combustion bowl (730, 830, 930, 1030), and the combustion face (728, 828, 928, 1028) including a compound bowl surface and a compound rim surface. The combustion face (728, 828, 928, 1028) is profiled to balance a combustion efficiency property of the piston (718, 818, 918, 1018) with emissions properties of the piston (718, 818, 918, 1018). A ratio of a diameter of the combustion bowl (730, 830, 930, 1030) to a diameter of the cylinder bowl bore is from 0.68 to 0.74. Other dimensional and proportional features of the piston (718, 818, 918, 1018) support low smoke and NOx production during operation.
Abstract:
A combustion chamber structure for an internal combustion engine includes, in a piston top part, a concave portion (12) formed eccentrically with respect to a cylinder center axis (C1), and a tapered portion (20) that connects an upper end face (22) of the piston top part and a side face (18) of the concave portion (12). The tapered portion (20) is formed so that a tapered portion volume (volume of a space formed between the tapered portion (20) and an upper wall surface of the combustion chamber) in a first portion of the piston top part is greater than a tapered portion volume in a second portion that is nearer than the first portion to an eccentric direction of the concave portion (12) from the cylinder center axis C1.
Abstract:
A piston for a four valve direct injection diesel engine defines a combustion chamber comprising a recess (10) in the piston crown, which is rotationally symmetrical about the axis of the piston in axial cross-section and is defined by a base and a side wall. A generally conical projection (5) is upstanding from the base. The recess (10) includes a lower toroidal portion (8) and an upper portion (10), whose diameter progressively increases towards the piston crown. The upper and lower portions of the recess are separated by an annular, arcuate lip (12) extending into the recess. The included angle of the conical projection (5) is between 104° and 108°, the maximum depth of the recess (10) is between 13% and 22% of the diameter of the piston, the conical projection (5) merges with the base of the recess along a circular line whose diameter is between 38% and 44% of the diameter of the piston, the diameter of the lip (12) is between 54% and 59% of the diameter of the piston, the line of minimum diameter of the lip (12) is situated at a distance between 5% and 10% of the diameter of the piston from the plane of the piston crown and the diameter of the upper portion (10) of the recess increases from 54% to 59% of the diameter of the piston at the line of minimum diameter of the lip to between 72% and 76% of the diameter of the piston at the line where the side wall of the recess intersects the plane of the piston crown.
Abstract:
A combustion chamber structure for an internal combustion engine includes, in a piston top part, a concave portion (12) formed eccentrically with respect to a cylinder center axis (C1), and a tapered portion (20) that connects an upper end face (22) of the piston top part and a side face (18) of the concave portion (12). The tapered portion (20) is formed so that a tapered portion volume (volume of a space formed between the tapered portion (20) and an upper wall surface of the combustion chamber) in a first portion of the piston top part is greater than a tapered portion volume in a second portion that is nearer than the first portion to an eccentric direction of the concave portion (12) from the cylinder center axis C1.