In-cylinder gas sampling experiments were conducted to clarify the chemical reaction processes of homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) combustion. To study the differences in ignition processes by the ignitability of fuels, three kinds of straight-chain saturated hydrocarbons, such as n-pentane, n-hexane and n-heptane, were used as the fuels. Also, to study specific differences in the ignition processes between a single-component fuel and a dual-component fuel, n-pentane was used as the single-component fuel and n-hexane and ethylene, with compositions adjusted in order to have the same ignitability as n-pentane, were used as the dual-component fuel. The results show that the chemical processes in the low-temperature oxidation range, from 700 to 900 K, need to be controlled for the ignition timing control of HCCI combustion. Controlling ignition timing by dual fuel means controlling the oxidation starting time by the ignitability of a high cetane number fuel and controlling the low-temperature oxidation rate by varying the composition of the high and low cetane number fuels.
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