OPTICALDIAGNOSTICSFORIN-CYLINDERMIXTUREFORMATION MEASUREMENT IN IC ENGINES.pdfVIP

Prog. Energy CombusLSci. Vol. 24, pp. 297-336, 1998 Pergamon © 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in Great Britain. All rights reserved 0360-1285/98 $19.00 PII: S0360-1285(98)00002-1 OPTICAL DIAGNOSTICS FOR IN-CYLINDER MIXTURE FORMATION M E A S U R E M E N T S IN IC ENGINES H. Zhao and N. Ladommatos Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brunel University, Uxbridge UB83PH, U.K. Abstract--In the last few years, there has been a very rapid increase in the number of applications of laser diagnostics in internal combustion (IC) engines, particularly the use of optical techniques for studying mixture preparation and in-cylinder mixture distribution. This is due to the importance of mixture formation in controlling the subsequent combustion and pollutant formation in IC engines. This paper attempts to review and discuss the current status of the applications of these optical techniques for in-cylinder mixture formation studies. The first half of this paper focuses on the three optical techniques used for the measurements of fuel vapour concentrations in IC engines. These are Laser Rayleigh Scattering (LRS), Spontaneous Raman Scattering (SRS), and Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF). The second half of this paper is devoted to another two optical techniques, Laser Induced Exciplex F