DK179798B1 - A large two-stroke uniflow scavenged gaseous fueled engine - Google Patents

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DK179798B1
DK179798B1 DKPA201770703A DKPA201770703A DK179798B1 DK 179798 B1 DK179798 B1 DK 179798B1 DK PA201770703 A DKPA201770703 A DK PA201770703A DK PA201770703 A DKPA201770703 A DK PA201770703A DK 179798 B1 DK179798 B1 DK 179798B1
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02BINTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B25/00Engines characterised by using fresh charge for scavenging cylinders
    • F02B25/02Engines characterised by using fresh charge for scavenging cylinders using unidirectional scavenging
    • F02B25/04Engines having ports both in cylinder head and in cylinder wall near bottom of piston stroke
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02MSUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M23/00Apparatus for adding secondary air to fuel-air mixture
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02BINTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B13/00Engines characterised by the introduction of liquid fuel into cylinders by use of auxiliary fluid
    • F02B13/06Engines having secondary air mixed with fuel in pump, compressed therein without ignition, and fuel-air mixture being injected into air in cylinder
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02BINTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B23/00Other engines characterised by special shape or construction of combustion chambers to improve operation
    • F02B23/08Other engines characterised by special shape or construction of combustion chambers to improve operation with positive ignition
    • F02B23/10Other engines characterised by special shape or construction of combustion chambers to improve operation with positive ignition with separate admission of air and fuel into cylinder
    • F02B23/104Other engines characterised by special shape or construction of combustion chambers to improve operation with positive ignition with separate admission of air and fuel into cylinder the injector being placed on a side position of the cylinder
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02BINTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B75/00Other engines
    • F02B75/02Engines characterised by their cycles, e.g. six-stroke
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02MSUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M43/00Fuel-injection apparatus operating simultaneously on two or more fuels, or on a liquid fuel and another liquid, e.g. the other liquid being an anti-knock additive
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02MSUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M43/00Fuel-injection apparatus operating simultaneously on two or more fuels, or on a liquid fuel and another liquid, e.g. the other liquid being an anti-knock additive
    • F02M43/04Injectors peculiar thereto
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02BINTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B75/00Other engines
    • F02B75/02Engines characterised by their cycles, e.g. six-stroke
    • F02B2075/022Engines characterised by their cycles, e.g. six-stroke having less than six strokes per cycle
    • F02B2075/025Engines characterised by their cycles, e.g. six-stroke having less than six strokes per cycle two
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02TCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
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    • Y02T10/10Internal combustion engine [ICE] based vehicles
    • Y02T10/12Improving ICE efficiencies
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    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02TCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
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  1. PATENTKRAV
    1. Stor turboladet totaktsforbrændingsmotor med længdeskylning, der omfatter:
    et forbrændingskammer afgrænset af en cylinderforing (1), et stempel (10) og et cylinderdæksel (22), skylleluftåbninger (18), der er anbragt i cylinderforingen (1), mindst én udstødningsventil (4), der er anbragt i cylinderdækslet (22), mindst én brændstofventil (30, 31), der er anbragt i cylinderforingen (1), til indsprøjtning af et gasformigt brændstof i forbrændingskammeret, kendetegnet ved en tilførsel af både gasformigt brændstof (40) under tryk og en tilførsel af luft og/eller udstødningsgas (40) under tryk til en brændstofventil (30, 31), at motoren er udformet til at indsprøjte både det gasformige brændstof og luften og/eller udstødningsgassen samtidigt via den mindst ene brændstofventil (30, 31) ind i forbrændingskammeret for at øge momentum for det stof, der sprøjtes af den mindst ene brændstofventil (30, 31) ind i forbrændingskammeret.
  2. 2. Motor ifølge krav 1, hvor det gasformige brændstof og luften og/eller udstødningsgassen indsprøjtes samtidigt i forbrændingskammeret fra den mindst ene brændstofventil (30) som en blanding.
  3. 3. Motor ifølge krav 2, hvor det gasformige brændstof og luften og/eller udstødningsgassen blandes inde i den mindst ene brændstofventil (30).
  4. 4. Motor ifølge krav 2, hvor det gasformige brændstof og luften og/eller udstødningsgassen blandes på opstrømssiden af den mindst ene brændstofventil (30).
  5. 5. Motor ifølge krav 1 til 4, der omfatter en fælles tilførselsledning (42) til luften og/eller udstødningsgassen og til det gasformige brændstof til den mindst ene brændstofventil (30).
  6. 6. Motor ifølge krav 1, hvor det gasformige brændstof og luften og/eller udstødningsgassen indsprøjtes samtidigt fra dysehuller i en dyse af den mindst ene brændstofventil (30).
  7. 7. Motor ifølge krav 1 til 3, eller 6, der omfatter separate tilførselsledninger (41, 45) til luften og/eller udstødningsgassen fra kilden af luft og/eller udstødningsgassen under tryk (44) til den mindst ene brændstofventil (30, 31), og tilførselsledninger til det gasformige brændstof fra kilden af gasformigt brændstof (40) under tryk til den mindst ene brændstofventil (30, 31).
  8. 8. Motor ifølge et hvilket som helst af de foregående krav, der omfatter en styreenhed, der er konfigureret til at styre mængden af luft og/eller udstødningsgas indsprøjtet samtidigt med det gasformige brændstof.
  9. 9. Motor ifølge et hvilket som helst af de foregående krav, der omfatter en flerhed af den mindst ene brændstofventil (30, 31) periferisk fordelt over cylinderforingens (1) periferi.
  10. 10. Motor ifølge et hvilket som helst af de foregående krav, hvor den mindst ene brændstofventil (30, 31) er forsynet med én eller flere indsprøjtningsdyser (39).
  11. 11. Motor ifølge krav 10, hvor den mindst ene brændstofventil (30) er forsynet med en første indgangsåbning forbundet med kilden af gasformigt brændstof (40) under tryk og med en anden indgangsåbning forbundet med kilden af luft og/eller udstødningsgas (44).
  12. 12. Motor ifølge krav 11, hvor den mindst ene brændstofventil (30) omfatter en anordning (33) til blanding af det gasformige brændstof med luften og/eller udstødningsgassen inde i brændstofventilen (30).
  13. 13. Motor ifølge et hvilket som helst af de foregående krav, hvor den samtidige indsprøjtning af både det gasformige brændstof og luften og/eller udstødningsgassen initieres under stemplets (10) slag mod cylinderdækslet (22), fortrinsvis efter at stemplet (20) har passeret skylleluftåbningerne, og endnu mere fortrinsvis på tidspunktet eller lige før tidspunktet, hvor hver udstødningsventil (4) lukkes.
  14. 14. Motor ifølge et hvilket som helst af de foregående krav, forsynet med et antændelsessystem til initiering af antændelse, fortrinsvis ved eller i nærheden af topdødpunktet.
  15. 15. Motor ifølge et hvilket som helst af de foregående krav hvor motoren er udformet til samtidig indsprøjtning af både det gasformige brændstof og luften og/eller udstødningsgassen under et slag af stemplet (10) mod cylinderdækslet (22).
  16. 16. Fremgangsmåde til reduktion af banken ved forbedring af blandingen af gasformigt brændstof med skylleluft i et forbrændingskammer af en stor turboladet totaktsforbrændingsmotor med længdeskylning, hvilken motor omfatter:
    et forbrændingskammer, der er afgrænset af en cylinderforing (1), et stempel (10) og et cylinderdæksel (22), skylleluftåbninger (18), der er anbragt i cylinderforingen (1), en udstødningsventil (4), der er anbragt i cylinderdækslet (22), kendetegnet ved mindst én brændstofventil (30) anbragt i cylinderforingen (1) til indsprøjtning af et gasformigt brændstof og luft og/eller udstødningsgas ind i forbrændingskammeret, hvilken fremgangsmåde omfatter trinnet med tilførsel af gasformigt brændstof under tryk og luft og/eller udstødningsgas under tryk til en brændstofventil (30, 31), og samtidig indsprøjtning af det gasformige brændstof under tryk og luften og/eller udstødningsgassen under tryk ind i forbrændingskammeret via brændstofventilen (30, 31) under et slag af stemplet (10) mod cylinderdækslet (22) for at øge momentum for det stof, der sprøjtes ind i forbrændingskammeret.
  17. 17. Fremgangsmåde ifølge krav 16, hvor luften og/eller udstødningsgassen kun indsprøjtes, når den høje motorbelastning er høj, fortrinsvis kun når motorbelastningen er mere end 60 % af motorens maksimale 10 kontinuerlige ydelse, og endnu mere fortrinsvis kun når motorbelastningen er mere end 70 % af motorens maksimale kontinuerlige ydelse.
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