DIESEL METHANOL COMBINED COMBUSTION ENGINE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
20210156321 · 2021-05-27
Inventors
- Chunde YAO (Tianjin, CN)
- Anren YAO (Tianjin, CN)
- Bin Wang (TianJin, CN)
- Taoyang WU (Tianjin, CN)
- Jiangtao HU (Tianjin, CN)
- Chao CHEN (Tianjin, CN)
- Jian GAO (Tianjin, CN)
Cpc classification
F02D19/0615
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F02D19/0649
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F02D19/0655
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Y02A50/20
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F02D2200/602
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F01N3/035
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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F02D41/0025
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F02D41/062
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F01N3/2066
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F02D2200/101
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F02D41/3827
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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
International classification
F02D19/06
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F01N3/035
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F01N3/20
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F02D19/08
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Abstract
The present invention relates to a diesel methanol combined combustion engine, comprising: a diesel engine, a methanol injection system, a methanol electronic control unit, a methanol supply system and a post-processor combination. The methanol injection system is on an inlet pipe of the diesel engine, which is connected with the methanol electronic control unit and the methanol supply system. The Methanol specific SCR system and the DPF are controlled by the methanol electronic control unit. The post-processor combination is installed on the exhaust pipe. The DMCC technology can achieve high efficiency combustion of the diesel engine, in particular, improving the thermal efficiency of engines especially under medium and full load conditions, and reducing NOx and soot emissions without urea assistance. The invention also relates to a control method of the diesel methanol combined combustion engine.
Claims
1. A diesel methanol combined combustion (DMCC) engine, includes a diesel engine and post-processor combination; the post-processor combination includes: a methanol specific SCR system, a diesel particulate filter (DPF) and a diesel oxidation-catalytic converter (DOC); the methanol specific SCR system and the DPF are controlled by a methanol electronic control unit; the post-processor combination is installed on an exhaust pipe of the diesel engine, and the connection sequence of the post-processor combination on the exhaust pipe is the methanol specific SCR system, the DPF and the DOC sequentially; wherein, the diesel engine is equipped with a high pressure common-rail electronic control unit (ECU), the diesel methanol combined combustion (DMCC) engine also includes: a methanol injection system, a methanol electronic control unit (hereinafter referred to as ECU), a methanol supply system; the methanol ECU and the methanol supply system are respectively connected with the methanol injection system; the methanol ECU is connected to the methanol injection system, the methanol ECU is provided with an CAN interface, which is connectable to the high pressure common-rail ECU of the diesel engine, so that the methanol ECU acquires parameters from the CAN messages of the high pressure common-rail ECU; the methanol ECU calculates methanol injection volume according to working condition of the diesel engine, the methanol supply system continuously supplies methanol at a certain pressure to the methanol injection system; wherein the acquired parameter includes speed signal, accelerator pedal signal, cooling water temperature signal, and inlet temperature and pressure signal; the methanol injection system is installed on an intake pipe of the diesel engine after the engine intercooler, and the methanol injection system is composed of a methanol nozzle and a methanol injector; wherein the methanol supply system comprises the methanol tank, a methanol pump strainer, a methanol level gauge, an electric methanol pump, a methanol filter, a methanol pressure regulating valve, a methanol distribution pipe, a methanol inlet pipe and a methanol return pipe; the methanol pump strainer and the methanol level gauge are installed inside the methanol tank; the methanol flowing through the methanol pump strainer, the electric methanol pump, the methanol filter and the methanol pressure regulating valve successively, then going through the methanol inlet pipe to the methanol distribution pipe and the methanol nozzle, and the methanol pressure regulating valve and the methanol tank are connected through the methanol return pipe.
2. A control method of diesel methanol combined combustion engine based on the diesel methanol combination combustion engine mentioned according to claim 1, wherein the control method comprises the following steps: Step 1: starting the diesel engine in a pure diesel combustion mode; Step 2: combusting in a pure diesel combustion mode; Step 3: communicating the CAN interface of the methanol ECU and the OBD system of the vehicle, acquiring parameters from the CAN messages from diesel engine; Step 4: according to the acquired parameters, determining whether all the following conditions are met by the methanol ECU, which are: Condition 1: whether the methanol supply system meets the following terms, that is, whether the methanol pressure reaches the preset value and whether the methanol level is above the lower limit value; Condition 2: whether the temperature of the engine cooling water is higher than or equal to the preset threshold, that is, whether the temperature of the engine cooling water reaches 60° C.; Condition 3: whether the engine has not reached the full-load range, that is, whether the accelerator pedal is at the 100% operating point or not; Condition 4: whether the engine has separated from the part below the no-load accelerator oblique line, that is, whether the engine is disconnected from the transmission; if all of the above conditions are met, turn to Step 4, otherwise, return to Step 2; Step 5: implementing the diesel methanol combined combustion by injecting methanol.
3. The control method of diesel methanol combined combustion engine according to claim 2, wherein the method of determining the methanol injection volume by the methanol injection system is as follows: Step 5-1: obtaining the engine operating condition information, determining the basic value of target methanol injection volume by combining the obtained engine operating condition information with methanol MAP; step 5-2: correcting the basic value of target methanol injection volume according to the influence of the temperature of the cooling water on the operating conditions of the diesel methanol combined combustion engine; step 5-3: comparing the corrected basic value with the maximum methanol injection volume at the current engine speed, and taking the minimum value as the final methanol injection volume; step 5-4: using the methanol injection volume and the methanol MAP, determining the driving pulse width of solenoid valve, outputting it to the methanol nozzle, and completing the control of the methanol injection volume by the nozzle solenoid valve.
4. The control method of diesel methanol combined combustion engine according to claim 2, wherein the interpolation method of the methanol MAP in step 5-1 is as follows: one dimension of methanol MAP is engine speed n, the other dimension is accelerator pedal opening α; there are 5 points in the MAP grid, wherein points 1-4 are two-dimensional data points determined in the bench calibration test, point 5 represents the operating condition point, and every point has one methanol controlled injection volume value m corresponding to the specific engine speed value n and accelerator opening value α, i.e., at point 1, the engine speed value is n.sub.1, the accelerator opening value is α.sub.1, the methanol controlled injection volume value is m.sub.1; at point 2, the engine speed value is n.sub.2, the accelerator opening value is α.sub.2, the methanol controlled injection volume value is m.sub.2; at point 3, the engine speed value is n.sub.3, the accelerator opening value is α.sub.3, the methanol controlled injection volume value is m.sub.3; at point 4, the engine speed value is n.sub.4, the accelerator opening value is α.sub.4, the methanol controlled injection volume value is m.sub.4; at point 5, and the engine speed value is n.sub.5, the accelerator opening value is α.sub.5, the methanol controlled injection volume value is m.sub.5; intermediate points 5′ and 5″ are introduced to make it easy to understand the process of interpolation and the description of formula, and corresponding methanol injection volume values are m.sub.5′ and m.sub.5″, respectively; firstly, determining the MAP grid area where the engine operating condition point 5 is located, that is, determining four calibrated MAP points which are closed to the current engine speed value n.sub.5 and the accelerator opening value α.sub.5; then, interpolating the values along the direction of the accelerator opening values α.sub.1 and α.sub.2, and obtaining the methanol controlled injection volume value m.sub.5′, the specific calculation formula is as follows:
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
[0048] In order to make the purpose, technical solutions, beneficial effects, and significant progress of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely in conjunction with the accompanying drawings provided in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, all the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all the embodiments.
[0049] The diesel methanol combined combustion (DMCC) technology can achieve high efficiency combustion of the diesel engine, in particular, improving the thermal efficiency of engines especially under medium and full load conditions, which is determined by the physical and chemical properties of methanol. Methanol has high latent heat of vaporization. In the process of methanol injection into the inlet pipe to form a homogeneous mixture, the vaporization of methanol will absorb a lot of heat, which will result in substantial reduction of the temperature in the cylinder, thus extending the ignition delay period of diesel oil. A long ignition delay period of diesel oil will allow a long enough time for diesel oil to be fully atomized and to form highly active combustible mixture with methanol-air mixture. This part of combustible mixture will be simultaneously ignited in a homogeneous compression ignition mode when the in-cylinder boundary condition meets the ignition condition of this part of combustible mixture. This combustion mode greatly increased the proportion of constant pressure combustion; meanwhile the combustion duration of this combustion mode was short. The in-cylinder temperature was obviously lower in the later stage of power stroke, thus reducing the heat loss effectively and improving the thermal efficiency of the engine.
[0050] The DMCC technology can reduce both NOx and soot emissions effectively.
Embodiment
[0051] For the diesel engine equipped with the high pressure common-rail ECU, the high pressure common-rail ECU supports the communication by Controllable Area Net (CAN). When additionally installing the diesel methanol combined combustion engine in the vehicle, it is not necessary to install the sensors such as an accelerator position sensor, a water temperature sensor, a speed sensor or a methanol level sensor, the specific schematic diagram of the present invention is shown in
[0052] A DMCC engine, comprising: a diesel engine that can only use diesel fuel, the diesel fuel adopts direct injection in cylinder, the diesel engine also includes: a methanol injection system which is provided on an inlet pipe of the diesel engine, a methanol ECU connected to the methanol injection system, a methanol supply system, a post-processor combination, and a methanol injector arranged inside the exhaust pipe of the diesel engine; the methanol injection system is composed of a methanol nozzle and a methanol injector.
[0053] The methanol supply system, as shown in
[0054] The methanol supply system, comprising: the methanol tank 1, the methanol pump strainer 2, the methanol level gauge 3, the electric methanol pump 4, the methanol filter 5, the methanol pressure regulating valve 6, the methanol distribution pipe 7, the methanol inlet pipe 9 and the methanol return pipe 10; the methanol pump strainer 2 and the methanol level gauge 3 are installed inside the methanol tank 1. The methanol flows through the methanol pump strainer 2, the electric methanol pump 4, the methanol filter 5 and the methanol pressure regulating valve 6, then goes through the alcohol inlet pipe 9 to the methanol distribution pipe 9 and a methanol nozzle 8, and the alcohol pressure regulating valve 6 and the methanol tank 1 are connected through the methanol return pipe 10.
[0055] Due to the corrosive action of methanol on some materials, methanol-related components should be made of stainless steel. Electro-hydraulic separation should be designed in the methanol supply system of the present invention, and the methanol-related components should be made of stainless steel in order to avoid electrochemical corrosion. Both the methanol inlet pipe and the methanol return pipe are rubber pipes in the methanol supply system, and methanol resistant rubber is selected instead of normal rubber, preferably, rubber is one selected from the group consisting of high fluorine rubber, nitrile rubber, silicon rubber, PTEF and chloroprene rubber. The methanol level gauge should also be made of stainless steel.
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[0057] The methanol ECU acquires parameters from the CAN messages of the high pressure common-rail ECU, the parameters includes speed signal, accelerator pedal signal, cooling water temperature signal, and inlet temperature and pressure signal. The speed and accelerator pedal signals are used to interpolate the methanol MAP, and the water temperature signal and inlet air temperature and pressure signals are used to correct the methanol MAP. As shown in
[0058] The calculation formula of correction of cooling water temperature to methanol MAP is as follows:
MI=MI1×(1+f.sub.Tw)
[0059] Wherein, MI is the target methanol injection width, MI1 is the basic methanol injection width; f.sub.Tw is the correction coefficient of cooling water temperature.
[0060] The calculation formula of correction coefficients of cooling water temperature is as follows:
f.sub.Tw=0.3×(T.sub.w−T.sub.w0)/(T.sub.wh−T.sub.w0)−0.3
[0061] Wherein, T.sub.w is the current value of cooling water temperature, T.sub.wh is the preset high value of the cooling water temperature, T.sub.w0 is the preset cooling water temperature threshold whether methanol is sprayed or not.
[0062] The diagram of mode switch of DMCC technology is shown in
[0063] As shown in
Step 1: starting the diesel engine in a pure diesel combustion mode;
Step 2: combusting in a pure diesel combustion mode;
Step 3: determining whether all the following conditions are met, which are:
[0064] Condition 1: whether the methanol supply system meets the following terms, that is, whether the methanol pressure reaches the preset value and whether the methanol level is above the lower limit value;
[0065] Condition 2: whether the temperature of the engine cooling water is higher than or equal to the preset threshold, that is, whether the temperature of the engine cooling water reaches 60° C.;
[0066] Condition 3: whether the engine has not reached the full-load range, that is, whether the accelerator pedal is at the 100% operating point or not;
[0067] Condition 4: whether the engine has separated from the part below the no-load accelerator oblique line, that is, whether the engine is disconnected from the transmission.
[0068] If all of the above conditions are met, go to Step 4, otherwise, return to Step 2;
Step 4: implementing the diesel methanol combined combustion by injecting methanol.
[0069] In the diesel methanol combined combustion mode:
[0070] When all the preset conditions are met, methanol was injected into the inlet pipe close to manifold of engine continuously, then a homogeneous mixture was formed with the air in the inlet pipe and supplied into the cylinder through manifold. In-cylinder working fuel will include not only direct injection diesel fuel, but also methanol fuel. The output power of the engine was increased with the work done by the methanol fuel, which made the driver reduce the depth of the accelerator pedal passively, thereby reducing the volume of diesel injection, and finally enabling the engine output power to meet the needs of the vehicle and achieve the purpose of reducing diesel consumption.
[0071] In terms of the diesel methanol combined combustion technology, the methanol injection volume value is the core of controlling the diesel methanol combined combustion. The methanol injection volume of the methanol injection system is that for the cylinders per cycle when the diesel engine operates in the diesel methanol combined combustion mode. For the DMCC engine, the methanol injection volume is the most basic and most important parameter. Effective control of each methanol injection volume needs to be realized under different operating conditions, which are, how much methanol injection volume is needed and how to achieve the target. The methanol injection volume mainly depends on two factors: one is the methanol injection pressure and the other is the opening time of methanol injector. In fact, the system controls the methanol injection pressure to be a constant value relying on the pressure regulating valve, and the methanol injection volume is basically proportional to the duration of injection each time. The driving pulse width of the nozzle is determined by inquiring the basic methanol injection volume through the MAP, which is realized by the nozzle solenoid valve.
[0072] As shown in
[0073] step 4-1: obtaining the engine operating condition information, determining the basic value of target methanol injection volume by combining the obtained engine operating condition information with methanol MAP;
[0074] step 4-2: correcting the basic value of target methanol injection volume according to the influence of the temperature of the cooling water on the operating conditions of the diesel methanol combined combustion engine;
[0075] step 4-3: comparing the corrected basic value with the maximum methanol injection volume at the current engine speed, and taking the minimum value as the final methanol injection volume;
[0076] step 4-4: using the obtained methanol injection volume and the obtained methanol MAP, determining the driving pulse width of solenoid valve, outputting it to the methanol nozzle, and completing the control of the methanol injection volume by the nozzle solenoid valve.
[0077] The interpolation method of methanol MAP in the step 4-1 is as follows:
[0078] One dimension of methanol MAP is engine speed n, the other dimension is accelerator pedal opening α, and the most important concept in this method is grid; as shown in
[0079] Firstly, determining the MAP grid area where the engine operating condition point 5 is located, that is, determining four calibrated MAP points which are closed to the current engine speed n.sub.5 and accelerator opening α.sub.5.
[0080] Then, interpolating the values according to the direction of accelerator opening α.sub.1 and α.sub.2, and obtain the methanol controlled injection volume value m.sub.5′, the specific calculation formula is as follows:
[0081] After completing the interpolation of the value m.sub.5′, interpolating the values along the direction of accelerator opening α.sub.3 and α.sub.3, and obtain the value m.sub.5″, the specific calculation formula is as follows:
[0082] After above calculation, the methanol controlled volume value m.sub.5 at engine operating condition point 5 has not been obtained, which further requiring interpolation along the direction of engine speed n.sub.1 and n.sub.4, the result of the value m.sub.5 is obtained finally. The calculation formula is as follows:
[0083] The methanol controlled injection volume m.sub.5 is obtained after three times of interpolation, which corresponding to engine operating condition point 5 (n.sub.5, α.sub.5).
[0084] Carbon particles in DPF are oxidized relying on nitrogen dioxide with a higher concentration in exhaust gas by a strategy of passive regeneration for DPF in the post-processor assembly. In the case of large differential pressure between front and back of DPF, methanol is injected through the methanol injector arranged on the exhaust pipe for combustion oxidation of captured carbon particles inside DPF, and finally connected with DOC for oxidation of unburned hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide.
[0085] The above descriptions of specific embodiments of the present disclosure have been presented for purposes of illustration and description. They are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the present disclosure to the precise forms disclosed, and obviously many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The exemplary embodiment was chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the present disclosure and its practical application, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the present disclosure and various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.