Effect of intake air temperature and air–fuel ratio on particulates in gasoline and n-butanolfueled homogeneous charge compression ignition engine

An experimental study was conducted to investigate the effect of engine operating parameters on exhaust particulate size–number distribution in a homogeneous charge compression ignition engine fueled with gasoline and n-butanol. In this investigation, portfuel injection was done for preparing homogeneous charge, and intake air preheating was used for auto-ignition of the charge. Engine exhaust particle sizer was used for measuring size–number distribution of particulate matter emitted from the homogeneous charge compression ignition engine. Experiments were conducted at different engine speeds by varying intake air temperature and air–fuel ratio of the charge. Effect of engine operating parameters on particulate size–number distribution, size–surface area distribution, and total particulate number concentration was investigated. Most significant particle numbers were in the range of 6–150 nm mobility diameter for all test conditions. n-Butanol showed relatively higher peak number concentration and lower mobility diameter corresponding to the peak concentrations as compared to baseline gasoline. On increasing intake air temperature, mobility diameters corresponding to peak number concentration of particles moved towards lower mobility diameters. Count mean diameter of particles was in the range of 35–80 nm and 20–65 nm for gasoline and n-butanol, respectively, for all test conditions in homogeneous charge compression ignition operating range.

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