From fundamental study to practical application of kerosene in compression ignition engines: An experimental and modeling review

Abstract

The use of kerosene in direct injection compression ignition engines is fundamentally due to the introduction of the Single Fuel Concept. As conventional direct injection compression ignition diesel engines are made specifically to use diesel fuel, the usage of kerosene will affect engine emissions and performance due to differences between the fuel properties of kerosene and diesel. As a result, in order for kerosene to be properly and efficiently used in diesel engines, it is needful for the scientific community to know the properties of kerosene, its autoignition and combustion characteristics, as well as its emissions formation behavior under diesel engine operating conditions. Moreover, it is desirable to know the progress made in the development of suitable kerosene surrogates for engine applications as it is a crucial step toward the development of reliable chemical reaction mechanisms for numerical simulations. Therefore, in this work, a comprehensive review is carried out systematically to better understand the characteristics and behavior of kerosene under direct injection compression ignition engine relevant conditions. In this review work, the fuel properties of kerosene are summarized and discussed. In addition, fundamental autoignition studies of kerosene in shock tube, rapid compression machine, fuel ignition tester, ignition quality tester, constant volume combustion chamber, and engine are compiled and evaluated. Furthermore, experimental studies of kerosene spray and combustion in constant volume combustion chambers are examined. Also, the experimental investigations of kerosene combustion and emissions in direct injection compression ignition engines are discussed. Moreover, the development of kerosene surrogates, their chemical reaction mechanisms, and the modeling of kerosene combustion in direct injection compression ignition engines are summarized and talked about. Finally, recommendations are also given to help researchers focus on the areas which are still severely lacking.

Experimental study on engine combustion and particle size distributions fueled with Jet A-1

“…This is mainly attributed to more accumulation of fuel in combustion chamber before ignition caused by the increased ignition delay when fueled with Jet A-1. Besides, another reason is that the Jet A-1 which has a lower viscosity than diesel (shown in Table 3) undergoes atomization more easily and therefore experiences a shorter penetration with a wider spray angle, which can be deduced from the authors' previous spray study of Jet fuel [26,28,29]. As shown in Fig.…”

Comparative study on the spray and combustion characteristics between diesel and kerosene underlow-temperature combustion (LTC)mode conditions

“…Kerosene, an intermediate component of WDF, is much easier to ignite than gasoline during the compression process, while has better fuel-air mixing characteristics compared with diesel. 24,25 That is, kerosene combines the preferable physicochemical properties of diesel and gasoline to a certain extent, and Chen et al 26,27 suggested that kerosene could be considered as a suitable fuel for a compression ignition engine without significant modifications. Bergstrand 28 also pointed out that considering the potential to expand the operating area and the market availability, kerosene has the possibility to be a suitable LTC fuel.…”

Impact on Combustion and Emissions of Jet Fuel as Additive in Diesel Engine Fueled with Blends of Petrol Diesel, Renewable Diesel and Waste Cooking Oil Biodiesel

“…Kerosene use in direct injection diesel engines started at the end of 1980s when by NATO nations introduced the single fuel concept, who decided to use a specific fuel to supply all land based military aircraft and vehicles that aimed at simplifying the logistic chain for petroleum by-products [15,16]. F-34 (JP-8) military jet kerosene was selected as the single fuel; it has the same specifications of the F-35 (Jet A), except for those that are related to the use of additives that are used to inhibit system icing and to face with corrosion and thermal stability [17].…”