A comparative assessment of performance, combustion, and emissions of a gasoline port and direct injection camless engine

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Abstract The lower part‐load efficiency of the spark‐ignition (SI) engine is because of the higher pumping loss during the gas exchange process. In this study, the part‐load efficiency of a port fuel injection (PFI) and gasoline direct injection (GDI) camless engines were investigated. An in‐house developed electro‐pneumatic variable valve actuation (VVA) system controls the camless engine's intake valve events. The effect of un‐throttled operation with early intake valve closings (EIVC) on performance, combustion, and emissions was analyzed. The IVC timing for GDI camless engine was found to be lower (2°–7° crank angle) than the PFI camless engine for all operating conditions due to the in‐cylinder charge cooling. Hence, the pumping mean effective pressure (PMEP) for GDI camless engine was reduced, and brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) was improved (maximum 2.1%) compared to the PFI camless engine. The THC and CO emissions were higher for GDI camless engine due to the relatively in‐homogeneous mixture formation, whereas the NO x emission was lower for all operating conditions.

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