EP2115276B1 - Improved two-stroke engine - Google Patents

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EP2115276B1
EP2115276B1 EP08709311.8A EP08709311A EP2115276B1 EP 2115276 B1 EP2115276 B1 EP 2115276B1 EP 08709311 A EP08709311 A EP 08709311A EP 2115276 B1 EP2115276 B1 EP 2115276B1
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Håkan NYNÄS
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02F—CYLINDERS, PISTONS OR CASINGS, FOR COMBUSTION ENGINES; ARRANGEMENTS OF SEALINGS IN COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02F3/00—Pistons 
    • F02F3/24—Pistons  having means for guiding gases in cylinders, e.g. for guiding scavenging charge in two-stroke engines
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01L11/00—Valve arrangements in working piston or piston-rod
    • F01L11/02—Valve arrangements in working piston or piston-rod in piston
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01L1/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear
    • F01L1/36—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear peculiar to machines or engines of specific type other than four-stroke cycle
    • F01L1/38—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear peculiar to machines or engines of specific type other than four-stroke cycle for engines with other than four-stroke cycle, e.g. with two-stroke cycle
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01L9/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements actuated non-mechanically
    • F01L9/10—Valve-gear or valve arrangements actuated non-mechanically by fluid means, e.g. hydraulic
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B25/00—Engines characterised by using fresh charge for scavenging cylinders
    • F02B25/02—Engines characterised by using fresh charge for scavenging cylinders using unidirectional scavenging
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01L9/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements actuated non-mechanically
    • F01L9/10—Valve-gear or valve arrangements actuated non-mechanically by fluid means, e.g. hydraulic
    • F01L9/16—Pneumatic means

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  • the invention relates to a two-stroke crosshead engine with at least one cylinder and a piston reciprocating therein and provided with a piston rod for transmission of power, said cylinder being provided with inlet means for supplying scavenge air into the cylinder, with means for providing for ignition and combustion during the combustion stroke, and with exhaust valve means in accordance with the preamble of claim 1.
  • the document JP61065013 A shows an arrangement described above.
  • the piston is additionally provided with a scavenging displacer which, after the scavenging hole is opened is moved upward so that the residual gas in the cylinder is reliably discharged at the upper section, while the scavenging air is sucked at the lower section.
  • An aim of the invention is to provide a new and improved two-stroke crosshead engine, which solves i.a. the above mentioned problems of the prior art
  • the inlet means include channel means for leading scavenge air through the piston into the cylinder and inlet valve means arranged on the piston for controlling the supply of scavenge air into the cylinder through the channel means.
  • the inlet valve means include a valve surface on the piston in association with the channel means and an inlet valve or the like cooperating with the valve surface and movably supported on the piston rod.
  • the piston rod is provided with control valve means operatively connected with the inlet valve means for the control thereof.
  • the control valve means are either hydraulically or pneumatically operated, and the piston rod is provided with a chamber with an auxiliary piston element movably arranged therein and fixed to the inlet valve.
  • the chamber is arranged to communicate through the piston rod with a hydraulic fluid source for controlling the movements of the auxiliary piston element and, thus, the operation of the inlet valve means.
  • a hydraulic control and a control logic are provided for timing of operation of the control valve such that the inlet valve is arranged to open when the piston is moving up.
  • This novel solution has a number of advantages. Since there are no longer inlet ports located at a fixed position in the cylinder liner effecting adversely on the film of lubrication oil, the scuffing and thus the wear of the piston with the piston rings and the cylinder liner can be reduced, which is prone to increase the life-time of the said components.
  • the piston and the inlet valve means can be cooled by the scavenge air. This is particularly of advantage since the more air is needed for combustion the bigger is the cooling flow through the piston, since the amount of available cooling air follows the output of the engine. As a consequence the conventional oil cooling can be reduced or possibly even dispensed with regarding certain components. Further, the new solution makes it possible to affect the timing of the inlet valve means. By changing the exact opening and closing time of the inlet valve means the scavenge time can correspondingly be changed depending on the load situation to give optimum performance.
  • the inlet valve means include a valve surface on the piston in association with the channel means and an inlet valve or the like, preferably in the form of a disc valve, cooperating with the valve surface and movably supported on the piston rod.
  • Timing of the inlet valve means can with advantage be arranged by providing the piston rod with control valve means operatively connected with the inlet valve means for the control thereof.
  • the control valve means are with advantage either hydraulically or pneumatically operated.
  • the piston rod is provided with a chamber with an auxiliary piston element movably arranged therein and fixed to the disc valve.
  • This chamber can be arranged to communicate through the piston rod with a hydraulic fluid source for controlling the movements of the auxiliary piston element and, thus, the operation of the inlet valve means.
  • control valve means are urged by spring means towards the closing position of the inlet valve means.
  • the channel means may comprise a number of separate channels arranged to be continuously in connection with a scavenge air supply source.
  • the invention may with advantage be applied independent on the actual way of operation of the two-stroke engine.
  • the means for providing for ignition and combustion include injection valve means for feeding fuel into the cylinder.
  • the engine is provided with a turbocharger for compressing the scavenge air to be fed into the cylinder.
  • the means for providing for ignition and combustion include spark plug means.
  • the fuel is arranged to be mixed with the scavenge air before feeding it into the cylinder as is well known in the art as such.
  • reference numeral 1 indicates a part of an engine block including a cylinder 2 defined mainly by a cylinder liner 3.
  • the cylinder 2 is provided with a piston 4 arranged to move in a reciprocating manner therein. Since the engine is a crosshead engine, the piston 4 is fixed to a piston rod 5, which is slidably supported to the cylinder block 1, or to some part fixed thereto, so that also the piston rod 5 moves reciprocatingly.
  • the mutual fixing of the piston 4 and the piston rod 5 can be arranged in a way known as such e.g. by means of bolts 20 as is shown in figures 4 and 5 . Power transmission from the piston 4 and the piston rod 5 occurs via a connecting rod (not disclosed) in a manner as is generally known in the art.
  • the engine block 1 is provided with a chamber 6 for feeding of scavenge air into the cylinder 2.
  • the chamber 6 is for its part in connection with an inlet pipe or duct (not shown).
  • the piston 4, and possibly the upper part of the piston rod 5 depending on their design and mutual fixing is provided with a number of channels 10 opening at the head part of the piston 4 toward the cylinder 2 and forming a common inlet opening arranged to form a valve surface 11.
  • an inlet valve 12 is by means of its stem 12a slidably mounted within and guided by the piston rod 5.
  • the upper end of the cylinder 2 includes an exhaust valve 9 arranged in a cylinder head 7 of the engine and controlling an exhaust duct 8.
  • the cylinder head 7 is also provided with means 18 for providing for ignition and combustion.
  • the means 18 may be injection means arranged to inject fuel for ignition of the scavenge air at the end phase of the compression stroke. In this case the question is about a diesel engine.
  • the means 18 may be spark plug means igniting a mixture of scavenge air and fuel supplied into the cylinder 2 through the chamber 6.
  • FIG 1 depicting intake and scavenge strokes
  • the piston 4 is moving up and the inlet valve 12 is opened for allowing scavenge air into the cylinder 2.
  • the exhaust gases are removed through the exhaust valve 9.
  • the exhaust valve 9 as well as the inlet valve 12 are closed and compression stroke follows.
  • the scavenge air is compressed and at the end phase of the compression stroke the gases in the cylinder 2 are ignited, whichever is the way of operation of the engine.
  • Power stroke follows. At the end of the power stroke the piston 4 still moving downwards the exhaust valve 9 is opened.
  • the inlet valve 12 still being in its closed position the pressure is relieved and the exhaust gases rush out of the cylinder into the exhaust duct 8 as is depicted in figure 3 .
  • the exhaust valve 9 still being open the intake air presses the rest of the exhaust gases into the exhaust duct 8 until the exhaust valve 9 is again closed.
  • Figures 4 and 5 illustrate one embodiment of the piston with the piston rod attached thereto by means of bolts 20.
  • the channels 10 are arranged through both the piston rod 5 and the piston 4 and form a uniform chamber in connection with the valve surface 11 in the piston 4.
  • a possible alternative solution for the one shown could be an arrangement involving integration of the piston rod to the piston to form one piece. This, however, would not allow utilising different materials for the piston and the piston rod.
  • a control valve 13 operatively connected with the inlet valve 12 and comprising a chamber 14 arranged in the piston rod 5. Movably arranged in said chamber 14 there is an auxiliary piston element 15 fixed to the inlet valve 12 at the stem 12a thereof.
  • the chamber 14 communicates through a duct 16 in the piston rod 5 with a hydraulic fluid source 19 (shown only schematically in figure 1 ) for controlling the movements of the auxiliary piston element 15 and, thus, the operation of the whole inlet valve 12.
  • the control valve 13 is urged by a spring 17 towards the closing position of the inlet valve12.
  • the force to open the inlet valve is assisted by the pressure of the scavenge air at the opening phase thereof and closing is assisted by inertia respectively. If required, instead of only one spring 17 a number of springs could be utilised for ensuring proper closing of the valve 13.
  • the hydraulic control can be arranged in a way known as such in the field of hydraulics. Instead of hydraulics also pneumatics may with advantage be utilised for the purpose. Control logic is needed for proper operation and timing of the operation of the control valve 13 so as to adjust the supply of scavenge air into the cylinder to the loading situation of the engine in each case.
  • each cylinder may be provided with more than one exhaust valve, the exact way of fixing of the piston to the piston rod may be selected as is convenient in each case etc.
  • the operation of the control valve may be arranged in different ways, mechanical operation included.

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