Low-load operation extension of a homogeneous charge compression ignition engine
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F02D-013/02
F01L-001/34
출원번호
UP-0934286
(2007-11-02)
등록번호
US-7832370
(2011-01-16)
발명자
/ 주소
Sutherland, Don R.
Kuo, Tang-Wei
Brown, Barry L.
출원인 / 주소
GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
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5인용 특허 :
48
초록▼
A method for extending the low-load operation of a homogeneous charge compression ignition engine includes employing a valve actuation device creating a negative valve overlap, thereby trapping and recompressing combusted gases within a combustion chamber, the device effecting increasingly longer ne
A method for extending the low-load operation of a homogeneous charge compression ignition engine includes employing a valve actuation device creating a negative valve overlap, thereby trapping and recompressing combusted gases within a combustion chamber, the device effecting increasingly longer negative valve overlap as engine load decreases, injecting during the negative valve overlap a fraction of fuel into the recompressed combusted gases, and igniting the fuel with a heat source during the negative valve overlap.
대표청구항▼
The invention claimed is: 1. An apparatus for operating an internal combustion engine in low-load homogeneous charge compression ignition operation, comprising: a variable volume combustion chamber defined by a piston reciprocating within a cylinder between top-dead center and bottom-dead center po
The invention claimed is: 1. An apparatus for operating an internal combustion engine in low-load homogeneous charge compression ignition operation, comprising: a variable volume combustion chamber defined by a piston reciprocating within a cylinder between top-dead center and bottom-dead center points; an intake valve and an exhaust valve, a valve actuation device for varying phasing of said intake and exhaust valves, wherein said intake and exhaust valves are controlled by said valve activation device during repetitive, sequential exhaust, intake, compression and expansion strokes of said piston, said exhaust valve closing prior to said intake valve opening to create a negative valve overlap, said negative valve overlap being shorter for higher low-load operation and longer for lower low-load operation; a fuel injector injecting fuel into said combustion chamber during said negative valve overlap; and a heat source positioned to ignite said fuel during said negative valve overlap. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said heat source is a spark plug. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said heat source is a glow plug. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said heat source is a hot spot within said combustion chamber. 5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said hot spot is a portion of said combustion chamber identified through testing to consistently exhibit high temperatures during low-load operation. 6. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said hot spot is a portion of said combustion chamber created to be distant from cooling features within said combustion chamber, such that said portion exhibits high temperatures during low-load operation. 7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said valve actuation device adjusts phase of at least one of said intake valve and said exhaust valve through a plurality of phases in order to adjust said negative valve overlap. 8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said valve actuation device adjusts phase control of at least one of said intake valve and said exhaust valve through a continuous range of phases in order to adjust said negative valve overlap. 9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said valve actuation device utilizes mechanical actuation to adjust phase of at least one of said intake valve and said exhaust valve. 10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said valve actuation device utilizes electrical actuation to adjust phase control of at least one of said intake valve and said exhaust valve. 11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said valve actuation device utilizes electro-hydraulic actuation to adjust phase control of at least one of said intake valve and said exhaust valve. 12. A method for extending the low-load operation of a four-stroke internal combustion homogeneous charge compression ignition engine including a variable volume combustion chamber defined by a piston reciprocating within a cylinder between top-dead center and bottom-dead center points, intake and exhaust passages, and intake and exhaust valves controlled during repetitive, sequential exhaust, intake, compression and expansion strokes of said piston comprising: employing a valve actuation device to control said intake valve and said exhaust valve creating a negative valve overlap, thereby trapping and recompressing combusted gases within said combustion chamber, said employing effecting shorter negative valve overlap for operation closer to a mid-load operation of said engine and effecting increasingly longer negative valve overlap as engine load decreases; injecting during said negative valve overlap a fraction of fuel into said recompressed combusted gases which is a portion of said total amount of fuel injected into said combustion chamber for a combustion cycle; and igniting at least a portion of said fraction of fuel with a heat source during said negative valve overlap. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein said employing comprises adjusting phase of said exhaust valve. 14. The method of claim 12, wherein said employing comprises adjusting phase of said intake valve. 15. The method of claim 12, wherein said employing comprises adjusting phase of said exhaust valve and said intake valve. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein said adjusting phase of said exhaust valve and said intake valve is performed as a coordinated change, wherein any change in the phase of one valve is matched by a substantially equal and opposite change in the phase of the other valve. 17. The method of claim 12, wherein said injecting and igniting establishes a stratified, spray guided combustion. 18. The method of claim 12, wherein said igniting is effected with a spark plug. 19. The method of claim 12, wherein said igniting is effected with a glow plug. 20. The method of claim 12, wherein said igniting is effected with a hot spot within said combustion chamber.
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