Industrial Consultancy & Sponsored Research (IC&SR) , IIT Madras

High Pressure Injection in Heated Anti Chamber (Hpihac), a Homogeneous Mixture Generation Technique for HCCI Engines

Technology Category/Market

Category –Energy, Energy Storage & Renewable Energy

Applications –IC Engines, Automobiles

Industry – Automotive

Market Internal Combustion Engine Market (ICE) was a volume of US$ 175.68 million units in 2021 and is expected to increase to US$ 266.56 million units by 2029 at a CAGR of 5.35%.

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Problem Statement

  • In Internal combustion engines in order to increase the thermal efficiency of the engine and reduce emissions, several strategies are carried out such that homogeneous mixture preparation  can be achieved through direct early injection and external injection techniques in the intake manifold.
  • But to provide a controllable heating, the systems available currently are not effective enough to achieve higher degree of homogeneity with low volatile fuels.

Technology

  • A high pressure fuel injection system for use in an internal combustion engine comprising of:
  • An anti chamber
  • A ceramic heater mounted on the outer periphery of the said anti chamber that heat anti-chamber
  • A fuel injector positioned at the centre of the anti-chamber to ensure uniform fuel distribution along the inner periphery of the heated anti chamber
  • an air inlet to the anti-chamber; and a control system for controlling the amount of fuel through the solenoid injector,
  • Further, the high pressure fuel injection is timed to occur during the suction stroke of the engine so as to deliver the well mixed lean homogeneous fuel-air mixture into the engine combustion chamber.

Further discloses  a method comprising the steps of :

  • Heating an anti-chamber by a ceramic heater and positioning a fuel injector at the centre of the anti- chamber for ensuring uniform fuel distribution
  • Inletting air inlet to the anti-chamber
  • Controlling the amount of fuel through the solenoid injector
  • Delivering the well mixed lean homogeneous fuel-air mixture into the engine combustion chamber.

Key Features/Value Proposition

Technical perspective

  • Applied to automotive engines operated with low volatility  fuels like diesel,  under HCCI mode so as to meet the very stringent NOX and PM emission mandates
  • The fuel injection pressure and the temperature of the anti chamber surface can be varied depending upon the volatility of the fuel by a control system for rapidly vaporizing the injected fuel.
  • The anti chamber can be also heated by utilizing engine exhaust gas or through the combined effects of exhaust gas, an electric heater and engine coolant

User perspective

  • The proposed external mixture preparation technique can be implemented by automobile manufacturers with minimal changes in the intake system
Questions about this Technology?

Contact for Licensing

Research Lab

Prof. ANAND K

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Intellectual Property

  • IITM IDF Ref. 1513
  • IN439412-Granted

Technology Readiness Level

TRL-4

Technology Validated in Lab

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