Contribution to the application of two-colour imaging to diesel combustion

The two-colour method (2C) is a well-known methodology for the estimation of flame temperature and the soot-related KL factor. A 2C imaging system has been built with a single charge-coupled device (CCD) camera for visualization of the diesel flame in a single-cylinder 2-stroke engine with optical accesses. The work presented here focuses on methodological aspects. In that sense, the influence of calibration uncertainties on the measured temperature and KL factor has been analysed. Besides, a theoretical study is presented that tries to link the true flame temperature and soot distributions with those derived from the 2C images. Finally, an experimental study has been carried out in order to show the influence of injection pressure, air density and temperature on the 2C-derived parameters. Comparison with the expected results has shown the limitations of this methodology for diesel flame analysis.

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