Investigation on the performance characteristics of 2-stroke heavy fuel light aeroengine (2SHFLA) with different fuel injection systems: Modeling and comparative simulation

Abstract

Extensive application of small and medium-sized unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have already made the development of corresponding power system a research hotspot nowadays. Two-stroke heavy fuel light aeroengine (2SHFLA) is selected as the research focus in this paper. The working principle of 2SHFLA with different fuel injection systems is elaborated systematically. By dividing the initial prototype engine into several subsystems, the simulation platform is set up with its key model parameters accurately calibrated against the test data. Simulation platforms of the other two types of engines are subsequently constructed based on the pre-calibrated simulation platform of the initial prototype engine. Afterwards, comparative simulation is performed and the corresponding simulation results include: (1) comparison of performance characteristics of the initial prototype engine fueled with regular gasoline/heavy fuel; (2) comprehensive comparison of the performance characteristics of all the three types of engine.