Optimization of Miller Cycle, EGR, and VNT on Performance and NOx Emission of a Diesel Engine for Range Extender at High Altitude

Due to the increasing sales of extended-range hybrid vehicles and the increasingly stringent emission regulations for light vehicles in China, the performance and emission of diesel engines for range extenders in the plateau region have attracted increasing attention. In order to obtain the superior performance of diesel engines for range extenders operating at high altitudes, a multi-objective optimization of the optimal economic operating point of the diesel engine was performed at an altitude of 1960 m. A diesel engine system model with MC-EGR-VNT (MEV) technology was developed using GT-Power based on the data of the engine bench to analyze the effects of the Miller cycle (MC), exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), and variable nozzle turbine (VNT) technologies on the power, economy, and emission performance of high-speed diesel engines. The response surface method (RSM) design was carried out with the Miller cycle rate (MCR), EGR value opening, VNT nozzle opening as variable factors and torque, brake-specific fuel consumption (BFSC), nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission as optimization objectives based on Box Behnken Design (BBD). The optimization results showed that the torque and BFSC remained almost constant, and NOx emission decreased by 59.5% compared with the original machine. The proposed multi-objective optimization method could make the diesel engine with a MEV system achieve a good comprehensive performance.

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