Test bed studies of an engine with combustion initiation from ignition dose of fuel

Results of test bed studies of combustion engine with work possibility with application of spark ignition and combustion from ignition dose injected directly into the combustion chamber were described in this article. In engine working according to the patent solution of Prof. B. Sendyka, during start and work at low rotational speed and low load a system realizing spark ignition of homogenous mixture formed in classical way in the intake manifold is active. For higher rotational speeds and heavy load the ignition system is switched off whereas, injectors of ignition dose injecting fuel by the end of the compression stroke directly into the working space of the engine are activated. The fuel dose injected into the combustion chamber undergoes auto-ignition and in this way the combustion process in the whole volume of the homogenous combustion charge accumulated in the cylinder is initiated. The mass of ignition dose of fuel constitutes about 5 – 10% of the whole fuel mass per working cycle what differs decisively the presented solution from other known engines working according to similar principles. Application of two combustion system in four stroke combustion engine aims at combining the advantages of spark ignition a compression ignition engines. The engine is characterized by easy starting and during work at higher rotational speed and higher load in the mode of ignition from pilot dose exploitation efficiency of energy contained in fuel is higher than for spark ignition engine, this finds direct reflection in increase in total efficiency by over 9% as related to the base value.