Knocking Combustion of Methane-Based and Highly Knock Resistant Liquid Fuels

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Marcel Eberbach

   Pages 1-3

3. Fundamentals of Self-Ignition Processes in SI Engines

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   Pages 5-43

4. Experimental Preparations

   • Marcel Eberbach

   Pages 45-61

5. Engine Measurements

   • Marcel Eberbach

   Pages 63-69

6. Experimental Results and Evaluation

   • Marcel Eberbach

   Pages 71-114

7. Conclusion and Outlook

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   Pages 115-118

8. Back Matter

   Pages 119-143

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Marcel Eberbach provides insight into the investigations of the knocking behavior of methane-based fuels and compares them with the knocking behavior of very high knock resistant liquid fuels during engine combustion. With pressure-based knock detection algorithms and thermodynamic evaluation, the atypical knocking combustion phenomena are evaluated with respect to the abnormalities on the heat release curve. Based on the investigated fuels an engine specific relation between the fuel index numbers (RON and MN) and the actual knock resistance of the fuels by means of the motor methane number was established and applied to the investigated gaseous and liquid fuels during knocking combustion.

• Knocking Combustion Phenomena
• Abnormal Combustion
• Irregular Combustion
• Self-Ignition Process
• Methane-Based Fuels
• Highly Knock Resistant Liquid Fuels
• Onset of Knock
• Research Octane Number
• Motor Methane Number
• Atypical Knocking Combustion Phenomena
• Cylinder Pressure-Based Knock Detection
• Abnormalities on the Heat Release Rate

• Institute of Automotive Engineering (IFS), Chair of Vehicle Drives, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

  Marcel Eberbach

Marcel Eberbach has a doctorate in automotive engineering from the Institute of Automotive Engineering Stuttgart (IFS) at the University of Stuttgart. Now he is self-employed entrepreneur.

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