This diploma dissertation focuses on the constructional solutions of EGR exchangers in the form of a CAD model, on their CFD simulation, on the drawing of relevant conclusions, and also on the comparison of two developmental types of these exchangers.

In order to increase the efficiency of diesel particulate filter regeneration more knowledge about diesel soot and its reactivity is required. This thesis compares soot created during accelerated filter loading by lowered rail pressure, with soot from normal filter loading. Soot properties and their correlations to oxidation reactivity are also examined through thermogravimetric analysis, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, BET nitrogen sorption, and FTIR spectroscopy. The usefulness of these analysis methods was also evaluated. The soot samples consisted of two carbon blacks for reference (Printex U and Vulcan XC 72), four accelerated soot samples and two non-accelerated samples. The results showed that the accelerated samples contained less volatile organic compounds than the non-accelerated soot and required slightly higher temperatures to oxidize in air. Soot with a high oxygen/carbon ratio and high levels of volatile organic compounds was found to be the most reactive. The most useful method for analyzing the soot was the thermogravimetric analysis. The scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy were useful additions but the FTIR spectroscopy provided very little useful information. The usefulness of BET nitrogen sorption was not decisively concluded. / För att kunna förbättra regenereringen av dieselpartikelfilter krävs en ökad kunskap om dieselsot och dess reaktivitet. I detta examensarbete jämförs sot som skapas vid accelererad sotinlagring genom sänkt railtryck, med sot från normal sotinlagring. Hur sotets egenskaper påverkar dess reaktivitet undersöks också genom termogravimetrisk analys, svepelektronmikroskopi, energidispersiv röntgenspektroskopi, BET-kväveadsorption och FTIR-spektroskopi. Hur väl dessa analysmetoder lämpar sig för analys av sot utvärderades också. Sotproverna utgjordes av två så kallade ”carbon black” för referens (Printex U och Vulcan XC 72), fyra accelererade sotprov och två icke-accelererade prov. Resultaten visade att de accelererade proverna innehöll mindre flyktiga organiska föreningar än icke-accelererade sot och krävde något högre temperaturer för att oxideras i luft. Sot med ett högt syre/kol-förhållande och höga nivåer av flyktiga organiska föreningar visade sig vara mest reaktivt. Den mest användbara metoden för att analysera sot var den termogravimetriska analysen. Svepelektronmikroskopi och energidispersiv röntgenspektroskopi var användbara som komplementerande metoder men FTIR-spektroskopi gav väldigt lite användbar information. Ingen konkret slutsats drogs gällande nyttan av BET-kväveadsorption.

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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Stringent regulatory requirements and modern diesel engine technologies have engaged automotive manufacturers and researchers in accurately predicting and controlling diesel engine-out emissions. As a result, engine control systems have become more complex and opaquer, increasing the development time and costs. To address this challenge, Model-based control methods are an effective way to deal with the criticality of the system study and controls. And physics-based combustion engine modeling is a key to achieve it. This thesis focuses on development and validation of a physics-based model for both engine and emissions using model-based design tools from MATLAB & Simulink. Engine model equipped with exhaust gas circulation and variable geometry turbine is adopted from the previously done work which was then integrated with the combustion and emission model that predicts the heat release rates and NOx emission from engine. Combustion model is designed based on the mass fraction burnt from CA10 to CA90 and then NOx predicted using the extended Zeldovich mechanism. The engine models are tuned for both steady state and dynamics test points to account for engine operating range from the performance data. Various engine and combustion parameters are estimated using parameter estimation toolbox from MATLAB and Simulink by applying the least squared solver to minimize the error between measured and estimated variables. This model is validated against the virtual engine model developed in GT-power for Cummins 6.7L turbo diesel engine. To account for the harmonization of the testing cycles to save engine development time globally, a world harmonized stationary cycle (WHSC) is used for the validation. Sub-systems are validated individually as well as in a loop with a complete model for WHSC. Engine model validation showed promising accuracy of more than 88.4 percent on average for the desired parameters required for the NOx prediction. NOx estimation is accurate for the cycle except the warm-up and cool-down phase. However, NOx prediction during these phases is limited due to actual NOx measured data for tuning the model for real-time NOx estimation. Results are summarized at the end to compare the trend of NOx estimation from the developed combustion and emission model to show the accuracy of in-cylinder parameters and required for the NOx estimation.

Les travaux de cette thèse s’inscrivent dans le cadre de la mise en place d’une méthodologie innovante de gestion thermique globale des véhicules automobiles. Ils portent plus particulièrement sur l’analyse de la réduction des émissions de polluants et l’amélioration des performances énergétiques d’un moteur à combustion, notamment dans les charges partielles ou en régime transitoire. Le premier objectif vise la mise en évidence de l’effet de la température d’admission sur le fonctionnement du moteur. Le deuxième objectif est relatif à la prédiction de l’apparition des phénomènes de condensation inhérents aux procédés de recirculation des gaz d’échappement à l’admission moteur. Enfin le troisième objectif est la modélisation et la mise en œuvre d’un circuit d’eau refroidit par la boucle de climatisation dont la fonction est de sous refroidir les gaz d’admission du moteur. Le premier chapitre est consacré à la présentation du système thermique véhicule et de la démarche de conception en V adoptée dans ce travail. Dans le second chapitre, et après avoir mis en évidence les effets d’un sous refroidissement des gaz admission sur le rendement thermodynamique du moteur, on montre à l’aide d’une étude technologique et numérique de la boucle de climatisation qu’il est possible d’opérer ce refroidissement par un système embarqué capable de se régénérer thermiquement lors d’un freinage. Le troisième chapitre est dédié à la modélisation du système à l’aide d’une modélisation énergétique centrée sur l’utilisation du langage bond graph. Le dernier chapitre est dédié au volet expérimental afin de valider d’une part le modèle de condensation et d’autres part un démonstrateur d’hybridation thermique et ses stratégies de pilotage / The work of this thesis is part of the development of an innovative methodology in the field of global thermal management for motor vehicles. It focuses specifically on the analysis of the reduction of pollutant emissions and improving energy efficiency of a combustion engine, especially in partial load or transient operation. The first objective is to analyze the effect of inlet temperature on the engine performance. The second objective relates to the prediction of the condensation processes inherent to exhaust gas recirculation into the engine intake. Finally, the third objective is the modeling and implementation of a water circuit cooled by the air conditioning loop and whose function is to cool the gases in at the engine intake.The first chapter is devoted to the presentation of the vehicle thermal management system and the design process adopted in this work. In the second chapter, after having shown the effects of intake gas cooling on the thermodynamic efficiency of the engine, it is shown with a numerical and technological study of the air conditioning loop that is possible to operate an onboard cooling system that is capable of regenerating heat when braking. The third chapter focuses on system modeling using an energy modeling focuses on the use of bond graph language. The final chapter is dedicated to the experimental part with the objective of validating the model of gas condensation and a demonstrator of thermal hybridation and its control strategies

In this research the benefits of applying oxy-combustion in a diesel engine to reduce NOx and particulate emissions were evaluated. The addition of oxygen to the intake in conjunction with exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) was shown to reduce NOx without an increase in particulate. Indicated specific NOx and particulate emissions for oxygen-enhanced EGR (O-EGR) and EGR without oxygen addition (normal or N-EGR) were compared at three engine loads. NOx emissions correlated with flame temperature for both N-EGR and O-EGR but were slightly lower at a given flame temperature for O-EGR. Flame temperature reduction for N-EGR was primarily through dilution of the available oxygen while for O-EGR both the increase of specific heat and dilution were important in reducing flame temperature. Oxygen addition allowed the use of high levels of EGR without reducing the oxygen concentration, thereby substituting CO2 and H2O for a substantial portion of the N2 as diluent. Increased dissociation due to higher levels of CO2 was believed to provide a minor enhancement to flame temperature reduction for O-EGR. An analysis of NOx formation based on the Zeldovich mechanism suggested that increased NOx reduction for O-EGR at equivalent flame temperatures is due to lower nitrogen concentrations. Indicated specific particulate increased with increasing EGR for N-EGR and correlated with flame temperature but remained constant for O-EGR and did not correlate with flame temperature. This indicated that O-EGR has a chemical effect on particulate formation and/or oxidation. The literature suggests CO2 suppresses soot formation by decreasing the radical H concentration which reduces the formation of soot precursors and soot growth.

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