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Journal of Automotive Safety and Energy ›› 2024, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (1): 63-70.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8484.2024.01.007

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Influence of coal-based fuel combustion particles on DPF deposition process

ZHU Xinchang1(), LIU Shuai1,2,*(), WANG Zhong1, HUA Lun2, SHUAI Shijin3   

  1. 1. College of Automobile and Transportation engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
    2. Suzhou Automotive Research Institute, Tsinghua University, Wujiang 215200, China
    3. State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Green Vehicle and Mobility (Former: State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • Received:2021-07-01 Revised:2023-09-26 Online:2024-02-29 Published:2024-02-29

Abstract:

The study explored the changes in the structural characteristics of exhaust particulate matter when diesel engines burn alternative fuels. Based on diesel engine bench tests, particles were collected under calibrated conditions using F-T (Fischer-Tropsch) synthetic diesel fuel blended with 0%, 5%, and 15% methanol. The friction force and particle size parameters of the particulate matter were measured using synchrotron small-angle scattering analysis. A particle model was established in the EDEM software based on experimental data, simulating the particle collision and deposition process. The results show that as the methanol blending ratio increases, the friction force between methanol and F-T diesel combustion particles increases by 0.6 N, and the average particle size increases by 2.44 nm. During the deposition process, the number of particles deposited on the non-windward side of the Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) unit body increases sharply; the particle deposition efficiency increases with the deposition time; as the friction force and particle size increase, the particle layer thickness and particle chain length also increase. The change in the methanol blending ratio leads to a transformation of particles towards more numerous and finer ones, significantly affecting the deposition state of particles on the DPF substrate due to changes in fuel type and blending ratio.

Key words: diesel engines, alternative fuels, methanol / Fischer - Tropsch (F-T) synthetic diesel, particle matter, diesel particulate filter (DPF), EDEM software, small angle scattering