TY - JOUR A1 - Schwanzer, Peter A1 - Schillinger, Maximilian A1 - Mieslinger, Johann A1 - Walter, Stefanie A1 - Hagen, Gunter A1 - Maerkl, Susanne A1 - Haft, Gerhard A1 - Dietrich, Markus A1 - Moos, Ralf A1 - Gaderer, Matthias A1 - Rabl, Hans-Peter T1 - A Synthetic Ash-Loading Method for Gasoline Particulate Filters with Active Oil Injection JF - SAR International Journal of Engines N2 - To reduce particulate emissions, the use of particulate filters in diesel engines is meanwhile state of the art, while the integration of such systems in gasoline engines is now also necessary in order to comply with today's regulations. Over its lifetime, a gasoline particulate filter (GPF) collects ash components of fuel, lubrication oil, and materials originating from the catalytic coating and from engine abrasion. In the development and application process, synthetic ashing from GPFs is challenging. The ash of the lubrication oil can be increased in various ways, like oil-doped fuel, a separate oil burner, or changes in the piston-cylinder system of the engine. However, these methods show major disadvantages. For this reason, an improved approach is presented in this study, which allows a quick response to changes in combustion (e.g., engine knocking) and producing ash, which is more realistic due to its primary particle size and the density of ash plugs, in a shorter time. Therefore, an approach to accelerate ash loading by active oil injection using a multi-point injection (MPI) system is introduced. With the help of this methodology, an ashing capacity of 1.21 g/h is implemented, which is a high rate compared to other investigations. The primary particle size (evaluated by means of a transmission electron microscope), is in the same size range as those detected at the full-load curve during regular operation. A computer tomographic (CT) analysis of the incinerated particulate filter also shows that a very high density of ash plugs can be realized, which has also been found in the literature for real applications. In addition, with the help of a mass spectrometer (MS) and an intermediate weighing of the particulate filter, the current ash loading of the GPF could be determined with an accuracy of 1%. KW - Ash KW - GDI KW - GPF KW - Particle Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4271/03-14-04-0029 SN - 1946-3936 SN - 1946-3944 VL - 14 IS - 4 SP - 493 EP - 506 PB - SAE International ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Steininger, Peter A1 - Gaderer, Matthias A1 - Dawoud, Belal A1 - Gaderer, Matthias T1 - Experimental and numerical study on the solar gain and heat loss of typical existing and refurbished German buildings JF - iCRBE Procedia N2 - This communication introduces an experimental setup for investigating the effect of solar radiation on the reduction of transmission heat losses and the steady state thermal conductance of uninsulated and insulated multi-layer wall samples. The setup consists of two adjacent climatic chambers, which share a common wall, in which the multi-layer wall samples are mounted. A solar simulator is applied within the outdoor air climatic chamber, whose radiation spectrum and radiation intensity are approximately equivalent to those of the sun. The first tests have been carried out on a wall sample with a typical structure of existing buildings from the year 1930 in Germany. In addition, a high-performance insulating plaster layer has been applied on a basic test sample (with existing building structure) to replicate and assess the refurbished scenario. Furthermore, a numerical investigation on the transient heat transfer process is carried out by using the simulation software COMSOL Multiphysics®. The experimental results of both uninsulated and insulated wall samples are validated against 1D and 3D models. As seen, the uninsulated wall, whose thermal conductance was experimentally determined to be equal to 1.79 W/(m²K), absorbs a heat flux of 208 W/m² through its external wall surface over a period of 8 hours. A fraction of 9.8 % of the absorbed heat arrives as a gain on the internal wall and reduces the transmission heat losses by 11.7 % over a period of 55 hours. On the other hand, the thermal conductivity of the insulation layer of the refurbished wall sample with micro hollow glass spheres was estimated by a parameter estimation procedure using the 3D model and the obtained experimental data. Using the estimated thermal conductivity, a thermal conductance of 0.42 W/(m²K) has been obtained for the refurbished wall sample. Y1 - 2020 UR - https://www.scilit.net/article/e45ed49630736c2ed82cd848e55bb69c?action=show-references U6 - https://doi.org/10.32438/icrbe.202035 VL - 1 IS - 1 SP - 75 EP - 93 PB - Weentech ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mikhaeil, Makram A1 - Gaderer, Matthias A1 - Dawoud, Belal T1 - On the development of an innovative adsorber plate heat exchanger for adsorption heat transformation processes; an experimental and numerical study JF - Energy N2 - An innovative adsorber plate heat exchanger (APHE), which is developed for application in adsorption heat pumps, chillers and thermal energy storage systems, is introduced. A test frame has been constructed as a representative segment of the introduced APHE for applying loose grains of AQSOA-Z02. Adsorption kinetic measurements have been carried out in a volumetric large-temperature-jump setup under typical operating conditions of adsorption processes. A transient 2-D model is developed for the tested sample inside the setup. The measured temporal uptake variations with time have been fed to the model, through which a micro-pore diffusion coefficient at infinite temperature of 2 E−4 [m2s−1] and an activation energy of 42.1 [kJ mol−1] have been estimated. A 3-D model is developed to simulate the combined heat and mass transfer inside the APHE and implemented in a commercial software. Comparing the obtained results with the literature values for an extruded aluminium adsorber heat exchanger coated with a 500 μm layer of the same adsorbent, the differential water uptake obtained after 300 s of adsorption (8.2 g/100 g) implies a sound enhancement of 310%. This result proves the great potential of the introduced APHE to remarkably enhance the performance of adsorption heat transformation appliances. KW - Adsorber heat exchanger KW - Plate heat exchanger KW - Adsorption kinetics KW - Dynamic simulation Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.118272 N1 - Corresponding author: Belal Dawoud VL - 207 IS - September SP - 1 EP - 13 PB - Elsevier ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schwanzer, Peter A1 - Rabl, Hans-Peter A1 - Loders, S. A1 - Seifert, P. A1 - Himmelstoss, S. A1 - Gaderer, Matthias T1 - Difference in the Tailpipe Particle Number by Consideration of Sub-23-nm Particles for Different Injection Settings of a GDI Engine JF - Emission control science and technology N2 - The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristic of nanoparticles under consideration of sub-23-nm particles from a 1.8-l direct injection (DI) gasoline engine under stoichiometric air/fuel conditions in the exhaust gas system. For future CO2 challenges, the usage of DI-instead of port fuel injection (PFI)-gasoline engines is unavoidable. Therefore, a state of the art particle management program-particle number (PN) system, the Horiba SPCS (2100) with an integrated CPC (condensation particle counter), was recalibrated from a 50% cutoff (D-50%) at 23 nm down to a cutoff at 10 nm and the PCRF (particle concentration reduction factor) for sizes smaller than 23 nm was checked. Two different modal points, out of a representative Real Driving Emission (RDE) cycle, were investigated with both calibrations, D-50%=10 nm and D-50%=23 nm. For these different load points, the fuel pressure (FUP) and the start of injection (SOI) were varied, to represent the difference in the structure and the ratio conc((10 nm))/conc((23 nm)) of the nanoparticle emissions. The particle characterization includes the particle number (PN), the particle size distribution (PSD), and the particle mass (PM). The particle number was measured with Horiba SPCS (2100). The particle size distribution was analyzed with a Grimm differential mobility analyzer (DMA) in combination with a Faraday cup electrometer (FCE). Micro Soot and Pegasor were used to determine the PM, and an optical characterization was done with a 120-kV Phillips CM12 transmission electron microscope (TEM). The position of all particle measurement systems was downstream the three-way catalyst (TWC). The results of this investigation showed that a higher injection pressure decreases the PN (without consideration of sub-23-nm particles) in general. The ratio conc((10 nm))/conc((23 nm)) was therefore higher, because smaller particles, especially ash particles, were less reduced from the FUP. This means higher FUP tends to a higher ratio. For the SOI, the main reasons of the ratio differences were explained by an encroachment between the injection jet and the piston, the valve and the wall. KW - DoE KW - GDI KW - Particle number Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40825-019-0114-1 VL - 5 IS - 1 SP - 7 EP - 22 PB - Springer Nature ER -