Study on adaptive behavior and mechanism of compression ratio (or piston motion profile) for combustion parameters in hydraulic free piston engine

The Hydraulic Free Piston Engine (HFPE) piston motion profile is controlled by the composite force of the in cylinder gas and hydraulic fluid. Based on the analysis of HFPE piston motion by dynamic calculations, it is found that the piston motion profile and compression ratio (CR) are self-adaptive for the variation of combustion parameters. As the combustion timing is advanced, the piston commutation time is advanced, and the CR is decreased. Further, the existence of this self-adaptive features are demonstrated by a prototype test of HFPE, and it also proves that HFPE has self-adaptive features for the variation of mixture concentration. The self-adaptive features can make HFPE effectively avoid the phenomenon of knocking or post-combustion, make it stable of the maximum in-cylinder gas pressure and maximum value of heat release rate, reduce the loss of indicated work, and keep the output power relatively stable.