[특허]System and method of operating internal combustion engines at fuel rich low-temperature- combustion mode as an on-board reformer for solid oxide fuel cell-powered vehicles

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System and method of operating internal combustion engines at fuel rich low-temperature- combustion mode as an on-board reformer for solid oxide fuel cell-powered vehicles

국가/구분	United States(US) Patent 등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)	F01N-003/00 F02D-041/00
미국특허분류(USC)	701/104; 060/274; 060/285
출원번호	US-0478900 (2009-06-05)
등록번호	US-8463529 (2013-06-11)
발명자 / 주소	Hu, Haoran
출원인 / 주소	Eaton Corporation
대리인 / 주소	Paul V. Keller, PLC
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A distinctive method of operating an internal combustion engine in a low-temperature combustion mode. An engine combustion chamber is provided with fuel and air charges before combustion conditions are reached. The fuel charge is sufficient to provide a fuel-air equivalence ratio of at least 1.05. The fuel and air are allowed to mix prior to combustion. The fuel is provided to the combustion chamber at least 20 crank angle degrees before top dead center. The fuel and air charges are regulated such that the mixture auto-ignites as a result of the heat and pressure generated by the compression stroke. The amounts are further regulated such that combustion occurs below a temperature at which significant soot production occurs. In one embodiment, early intake valve closing is used to limit the air charge. The method provides a rich low temperature combustion mode operation, which has several applications.

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An engine having a combustion chamber, comprising: a combustion chamber that operates to alternately expand and contract a volume enclosed by the combustion chamber;an intake valve for the combustion chamber controlled to provide an air charge to the combustion chamber volume as that volume is expanding; anda fuel injector controlled to provide a pre-injection of fuel into the combustion chamber volume to mix with the air charge, the pre-injection amount providing the mixture a rich fuel-air ratio, the pre-injection timing being controlled to generate the rich mixture within the combustion chamber before the mixture begins to combust;the controlled air charge and the pre-injection amounts being such that the rich fuel-air mixture will auto-ignite within the combustion chamber as a result of compression caused by contracting the volume, the amounts also being regulated such that the mixture will combust at temperatures that remain below a temperature at which significant amounts of soot would be produced, the combustion chamber thereby being functional to produce an exhaust that is rich and substantially free of NOX and soot. 2. The engine of claim 1, wherein the intake valve is controlled to limit the air charge by closing the valve before the has volume has fully expanded, the valve being controlled to close with a timing that results in a sub-atmospheric pressure, which is 0.9 atmospheres or less within the volume at the time of full expansion. 3. The engine of claim 1, further comprising an exhaust valve for the combustion chamber controlled to open before the completion of the combustion chamber volume expansion at a timing sufficiently early to result in an exhaust temperature higher than if the expansion were allowed to complete prior to opening the exhaust valve. 4. A power generation system comprising: the engine of claim 1; anda solid oxide fuel cell having an air side and a fuel side and configured to receive the engine exhaust on its fuel side and being functional to substantially reduce the chemical energy content of the exhaust while using the chemical energy to produce electrical power. 5. The power generation system of claim 4, wherein the fuel cell is an intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell and the combustion chamber functions to produce the rich exhaust at a temperature at which the fuel cell is operative. 6. The power generation system of claim 4, further comprising: a fuel reformer configured to treat the exhaust between the combustion chamber and the solid oxide fuel cell; andthe combustion chamber functions to produce the rich exhaust at a temperature greater than 250° C. that is above the light-off temperature for the fuel reformer. 7. A power generation system comprising: the engine of claim 1;a lean NOX trap configured to treat the exhaust from the engine, the lean NOX trap being a device that absorbs and stores NOX under lean conditions and reduces and releases the absorbed NOX under rich conditions;a controller programmed to switch the engine from the rich low-temperature combustion mode into a lean combustion mode upon completing desulfation of the lean NOX trap. 8. A method of operating a combustion chamber in a low temperature combustion mode, comprising: operating the combustion chamber in a cycle comprising an intake stroke, a compression stroke, a power stroke, and an exhaust stroke;providing the combustion chamber with an air charge during the intake stroke;providing the combustion chamber with a fuel charge to mix with the air charge to give a fuel-air equivalence ratio of at least 1.05, the fuel and air charges being made present within the combustion chamber at the time the cycle reaches twenty crank angle degrees before top dead center during the compression stroke;providing the fuel and air charges in amounts and under conditions such that the mixture auto-ignites as a result of the heat and pressure generated by the compression stroke;the fuel and air charge amounts and other conditions of combustion being further qualified to limit the temperature of the resulting combustion to sufficiently low that the combustion does not produce soot in significant amounts. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the air charge amount is restricted by closing an intake valve before the intake stroke is complete, the closing being sufficiently early to result in a sub-atmospheric pressure within the combustion chamber at the end of the intake stroke. 10. The method of claim 9, where in the engine is a compression ignition diesel engine having a variable valve mechanism and the fuel is a diesel fuel. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the engine is designed for operation in a convention diesel cycle with direct fuel injection and stratified combustion. 12. The method of claim 8, wherein: the combustion chamber operation produces an exhaust having a temperature greater than 250° C.; andthe combustion chamber is operated without exhaust gas recirculation or an exhaust gas recirculation rate of 25% or less. 13. A method of operating a power generation system comprising a direct injection diesel engine and an exhaust aftertreatment system, comprising: operating the engine in a conventional diesel cycle;regenerating a device in the exhaust aftertreatment system by switching the operating mode of one or more of the engine's combustion chambers to a rich low temperature combustion mode according to the method of claim 8. 14. A method of operating a power generation system comprising a direct injection diesel internal combustion engine and an exhaust aftertreatment system comprising an exhaust line fuel reformer, comprising: operating the engine in a conventional diesel cycle;heating the reformer by operating the engine in a rich low temperature combustion mode according to the method of claim 8. 15. A method of operating a power generation system comprising an internal combustion engine and a solid oxide fuel cell having an air side and a fuel side, comprising: operating the engine's combustion chambers by the method of claim 8; andsupplying the engine exhaust to the fuel side of the solid oxide fuel. 16. The method of claim 15, further comprising adding addition fuel to the exhaust and reforming the fuel in the exhaust using a fuel reformer prior to passing the exhaust and reformed fuel to the fuel side of the fuel cell. 17. The method of claim 16, wherein the energy required to reform fuel in the fuel reformer is derived entirely from the heat of the engine exhaust. 18. The method of claim 15, further comprising regulating the temperature of the exhaust by varying the timing with which exhaust valves are opened. 19. The method of claim 15, further comprising stabilizing the operation of the engine by responding to a fluctuating demand for mechanical power by drawing variable mechanical power from an electric motor while keeping the engines mechanical power output relatively steady. 20. The method of claim 19, wherein stabilizing the engine operation further comprises running the electric motor in reverse to generate electricity from mechanical power produced by the engine when the engine is producing mechanical power in excess of the demand.

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