INTERCOOLING EFFECTS OF METHANOL ON TURBOCHARGED DIESEL ENGINE PERFORMANCE AND EXHAUST EMISSIONS

From the viewpoint of utilizing methanol fuel in an automotive turbocharged direct-injection diesel engine, an intercooling system supplying liquid methanol has been devised and its effects on engine performance and exhaust gas emissions have been investigated. With an electronically controlled injector in this system, methanol as a supplementary fuel to diesel fuel can be injected into the intake pipe in order to intercool a hot air charge compressed by the turbocharger. It has been confirmed that especially at heavy load conditions, methanol-intercooling can yield a higher thermal efficiency, and lower NOx and smoke emissions simultaneously, compared with three other cases without using methanol: natural aspiration and the cases with and without an ordinary intercooler. However, methanol fueling must be avoided at lower loads since sacrifices in efficiency and hydrocarbon emissions are inevitably involved.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • International Off-Highway and Powerplant Congress and Exposition, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 10-13, 1984.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

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• Authors:
  • Saito, T
  • Daisho, Y
  • Aoki, Y
  • Kawase, N
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 7 p.
• Serial:
  • SAE Technical Paper
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0148-7191
  • EISSN: 2688-3627
  • Serial URL: http://papers.sae.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Diesel engines; Electronic fuel injection; Engine performance; Exhaust gases; Heat exchangers; Methanol; Thermal efficiency; Turbochargers
• Old TRIS Terms: Intercooling; Turbocharging
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00395757
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 841160, HS-038 281
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 30 1985 12:00AM