Impact of exhaust gas fuel reforming and exhaust gas recirculation on particulate matter morphology in Gasoline Direct Injection Engine

M. Bogarra; Jose Martin Herreros; A. Tsolakis; A. P. E. York; P. J. Millington; F. J. Martos

doi:10.1016/j.jaerosci.2016.10.001

Impact of exhaust gas fuel reforming and exhaust gas recirculation on particulate matter morphology in Gasoline Direct Injection Engine

M. Bogarra, Jose Martin Herreros, A. Tsolakis, A. P. E. York, P. J. Millington, F. J. Martos

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Automotive Engineering

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Abstract

Modern Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) engines offer increased power output, improved fuel economy and reduced CO2 emissions. However, the increased particulate matter (PM) emission level still remains a challenging task. Understanding PM features such as morphological and microstructural parameters through transmission electron microscopy can provide information about their formation, filtration and soot oxidation processes in the gasoline particulate filters and their impact on human health. This research article characterises PM emitted from a 2 L 4-cylinder GDI engine at two injection timings: (i) ECU settings which produces PM with high volatile content and (ii) advanced injection timing to increase soot formation rate. Primary particle size distributions formed by volatile nature PM, present a higher standard deviation than for the sooty PM, while the former ones presented higher fractal dimension. In addition, five different methods of estimating PM fractal dimension reported in the GDI literature have also been compared and it was concluded that the arising trends were in agreement. The effect of high percentages of exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and reformate gas combustion on PM characteristics have been analysed. EGR does not have a significant effect in PM morphology. On the other hand, reformate combustion reduces the size of the primary particle and the agglomerates as well as increasing the fractal dimension.

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-14
Journal	Journal of Aerosol Science
Volume	103
Early online date	6 Oct 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2016.10.001
Publication status	Published - Jan 2017

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Keywords

Particulate matter
Fuel reforming
Soot morphology
Gasoline Direct Injection
Transmission electron microscope

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