Microstructure analysis of explosion-proof diesel engine exhaust particles
To investigate the effects of the exhaust gas wash tank and oxygenated fuel on the microstructure of the exhaust particulate matter of explosion-proof diesel engines as a function of operating conditions,the microstructure of the exhaust particulate matter of 0# diesel(D100)and 20%butanol/diesel blend(BD20)was observed by Scanning Electron Microscopy(SEM),and the fractal characteristics of the particulate matter were calculated and averaged using box-counting dimension software and the particle size distribution was calculated using particle size distribution software and the data were processed.The results show that after the exhaust gas washing tank,the adsorbent content in the particulate matter increases,the density increases,and the particulate matter branched chain decreases under most working conditions;BD20 is beneficial to reduce the particulate matter carbon soot particle content,mainly because D100 contains polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon components that are easy to generate exhaust particulate matter precursors and BD20 contains higher oxygen content;The distribution range of the cassette dimension of the particulate matter is from 1.70 to 1.85,and the structure of the particulate matter after the exhaust gas washing tank is more compact;the cassette dimension increases,and the cassette dimension of D100 is larger than that of BD20,and the cassette dimension of the particulate matter increases with the increase of load and speed;the particle size distribution of the base carbon particles of the particulate matter is from 10 nm to 90 nm,and the exhaust gas washing tank has a sedimentation effect on the particulate matter;the average particle size of the particulate matter decreases,and the average particle size of BD20 decreases.The average particle size of BD20 is smaller than that of D100;with the increase of load,the particle size of D100 changes more obviously than that of BD20;the particle size of both fuels increases with the increase of rotational speed.