Effect of Swirl Generator Intake Manifold on Engine Performance using Ethanol/Gasoline Blend
Keywords:
port injection gasoline engine, ethanol fuel, engine performance, swirl flow.Abstract
This study evaluates the effect of adding swirl generators to the intake manifold aims to make the turbulent air-flow on intake manifold and the increased mixture quality of fuel with air will also improve combustion process on spark ignition engine.
The experiment is done on a port injection gasoline engine, four-stroke, SOHC four cylinder connected to the engine dynamometer, which is used to measure the power.
An engine using ethanol blend fuel has higher fuel consumption, E10 fuel consumption average increase is 12%, and E20 fuel consumption increase is 14%. Performance in relation to the torque, E10 in the case Half Open Throttle at 2000 rpm reduces the engine torque by 3.8 %, at 4000 rpm the engine torque is reduced by 1.6%. E10 in the case of Wide Open Throttle at 2000 rpm reduce the engine torque by 3.4%, and at 4000 rpm reduces the torque by 1.2%. In the case of E20 at Half Open Throttle and rpm 2000 the engine torque reduces by 5.8%, and at 4000 rpm increases by 2.7%.
The addition of a swirl generator will increase the engine performance in the case of E20 at Half Open Throttle. The average engine torque increases from 10 until 13 %, in the case of Wide Open Throttle the engine torque increases by 9%. In the case of E10 with Half Open Throttle the engine torque increases by 9%, and with Wide Open Throttle increases by 8,5%.Â
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