Turbine and exhaust ports thermal insulation impact on the engine efficiency and aftertreatment inlet temperature

[EN] Worldwide emission regulations are driven the efforts of the automotive industry to meet challenging targets concerning pollution reduction. Nowadays, advances in exhaust aftertreatment systems are primarily required to achieve regulation requirements within the whole engine operating range. Ne...

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Autores: Luján, José M.|||0000-0001-6133-8943, Serrano, J.R.|||0000-0003-0692-3917, Piqueras, P.|||0000-0002-3767-0839, Diesel Costa, Barbara
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/144815
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/144815
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Emissions regulation
Diesel engine
Exhaust aftertreatment system
Turbine outlet temperature
Exhaust thermal insulation
Fuel consumption
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Sumario:[EN] Worldwide emission regulations are driven the efforts of the automotive industry to meet challenging targets concerning pollution reduction. Nowadays, advances in exhaust aftertreatment systems are primarily required to achieve regulation requirements within the whole engine operating range. Nevertheless, flow parameters, such as the exhaust gas temperature, must be also addressed. This makes engine calibration a fundamental step, but also leads to reconsider the passive design of the exhaust line as a way to improve the engine efficiency. Under this context, a study has been conducted to explore the benefits of heat losses limitation looking for aftertreatment inlet temperature increase at the same time fuel economy is improved. To do so, a baseline diesel engine has been modeled using a gas dynamic software taking special care of the heat transfer processes in the exhaust. The investigation covers the definition of different strategies for exhaust ports and turbine thermal insulation, which are evaluated in a representative range of steady-state operating conditions. As a first step, the theoretical limits and representative technology solutions are considered for each exhaust region. Then, a combination of the most promising strategies has been computed to provide a comprehensive database and analysis of the potential of passive exhaust heat losses control.