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DTS-i Technology
Submitted by
Rajesh Kumar Sahoo
Regd. No.:1301367074
Under the guidance of
Asst. Prof. Bimal Ranjan Pattanaik, Dept. of ME
in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of
B.Tech
in
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
at
Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Orissa
CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL
This is to certify that the seminar report entitled DTS-i Technology, that has been prepared
under my/our supervision by Rajesh Kumar Sahoo is accepted in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering and this work
has not been submitted elsewhere before for any academic degree.
H.O.D.
Dept. of Mechanical Engg.
Radhakrishna Institute Of Technology and Engineering,
Bhubaneswar.
Seminar Guide
CONTENT
1 Introduction........................................................................................ ..1-2
1.1Purpose of Ignition System............................................................... 1
1.2 Conventional Single Spark Plug Ignited Four-Stroke Engine..................................... 1
1.3 Digital Twin Spark System.............................................................................................. 2
8. SUMMARY..................................................... 16
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
guidance and support during the seminar work. I truly appreciate and
value his esteemed guidance and encouragement from the beginning to the end of this seminar,
his knowledge and company at the time of crisis would be remembered lifelong. My sincere
thanks to Rajesh Kumar Bhuyan, H.OD, Mechanical Engineering Department, KEC, who
also helped during the seminar work. I also thank all faculty members of the Department of
Mechanical Engineering for their timely advice and providing necessary facility, which led to the
completion of the present work.
Finally, I thank all my friends, who have directly or indirectly helped me in the
completion of the seminar work and making the report.
ABSTRACT
One of the requirements of an efficient engine is the correct amount of heat shock, delivered at
the right time. This requirement is the responsibility of the ignition system. Digital ignition
system is same as an electronic ignition system in which spark timing is controlled by a
computer that continuously adjust ignition timing to obtain optimum combustion.
The digital spark ignition is the best alternative for conventional ignition system. Computerized
control gives accurate timing for all operating conditions. At the same time use of two spark
plugs improves thermodynamic efficiency and power available.
It is also good solution to reduce pollution since it minimizes emission levels. Also it is flexible
enough in mounting location. This is important because todays smaller engine compartment.
Thus it is better in all areas like power, speed, efficiency and clean emission and hence it has
brought a new evaluation in automobile industry.
INTRODUCTION
Figure 2: Effect of speed on ignition timing (at High Speed & at Low Speed)
chambers and piston heads, ensures a fast, wide flame front when the air-fuel mixture is ignited,
and therefore less ignition advance, enabling, moreover, relatively lean mixtures to be used.
This technology provides a combination of the light weight and twice the power offered by
two-stroke engines with a significant power boost, i.e. a considerable "power-to-weight ratio"
compared to quite a few four-stroke engines. The actual picture of Bajaj Pulsar Bike is Moreover, such a system can adjust idling speed & even cuts off fuel feed when the accelerator
pedal is released, and meters the enrichment of the air-fuel mixture for cold starting and
accelerating purposes; if necessary, it also prevents the upper rev limit from being exceeded.
At low revs, the over boost is mostly used when overtaking, and this is why it cuts out
automatically. At higher speeds the over boost will enhance full power delivery and will stay
on as long as the driver exercises maximum pressure on the accelerator.
Figure 3: Cut Section view of DTSi Engine of Pulsar 2 Valve DTSi engine
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2.
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Cylinder
Crankshaft
Connecting rod
Carburetor
2-sparkplug
4-valves
Position Sensors
A/D Converter
Camshaft
Here the only change made is that the 2-sparkplug placed at the two-opposite end of the
combustion chamber. The 180cc Pulsar DTSi engine sticks with the aluminum alloy cased 4
stroke cycle engines that are clearly based on the earlier tried and tested power plant. Its Single
cylinder is air cooled % still displaces 178.6cc. Bajaj has used its patented DTSi technology,
which ensures the engines twin plugs are set to ignite together in one instant according to need.
This means the twin sparks travel to combust mixture from opposite ends of the combustion
chamber and accelerate this process thereby delivering higher power output as improved fuel
economy. The bike also employs ExhausTEC, or a resonance chamber sitting on the silencer
that helps pack a healthy punch low in the bikes power band. This engine gives about 17.02bhp
at 8500 rpm & torque of 14.22Nm@6500.
Here we all know about the conventional mechanical parts of engine so we can skip and go to
important parts of DTSi engine system. In Pulsar 180 cc DTSi technology based engine is used
and it has the technologies called TRICS III and CDI. It works on the DTSi technology,
depending on Throttle load, Engine speed and Load, and according sends the signal getting
from position sensors.
4.1 CDI
The Intelligent Capacitor Discharge Ignition contains a microprocessor, which continuously
senses different speeds and load on engine and responds by altering ignition timing. A Digital
CDI with an 8 bit microprocessor chip handles the spark delivery. The programmed chips
memory contains an optimum Ignition timing for any given engine rpm, thereby obtaining the
best performance characteristics from the combustion chamber. Working together with the
TRICSIII system, the microprocessor's memory provides optimum ignition timings for any
given engine rpm, thereby obtaining the best combustion performance. It improves fuelefficiency and reduces engine noise and vibration through smoother power delivery.
Reed switch. The Reed switch is connected to the Digital CDI, which signals the CDI to
change/switch, the desired Ignition Advance Timing Maps. This helps in achieving a good
balance between drivability and Optimum Ignition Spark advance, resulting in an almost
perfect Ignition Spark advance for every Throttle opening and Engine rpm. Throttle Responsive
Ignition Control System - III is an intelligent system which can quickly adapt ignition timing
to suit different riding characteristics.
TRICS III helps in achieving a good balance between low-to-mid range torque and top-end
power. This helps to ride easily in different conditions like flyovers, hilly areas, dense traffic
and highway cruising
5.1 Performance
There is a new feel to the power, strong yet not daunting in the least, torque and smooth in its
delivery. For 180 DTSi 0 to 80 comes up in 6.8 sec. while 0 to 100 kmph is attained in 14.66
seconds. It is not just raw speeds and times that are impressive but the manner in which the
engine just spews the forth the juices in manner in which is thoroughly intoxicating. The pulsar
150 benefits with DTSi technology with all round gains in acceleration and maximum speeds.
Quantity
150 cc Engine
180 cc Engine
Old
DTSi
Old
DTSi
Power (bhp)
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17.02
Torque (Nm)
10.8
12.5
13.20
14.72
Max Speed
100
120
107
127
Figure 5: Comparison of Power of Old Pulsar 180 & New DTSi Pulsar 180
For the number crunches the power output and torque outputs have increased. The graph shows
the comparison between original pulsar & pulsar DTSi. The gains are not just in peak power
and torque but also in lowering the torque peak and torque spread even better across the rev
range. What the DTSi system does is to overcome the problem on a small capacity four stroke
engines in a very elegant manner with the use of two spark plugs placed diametrically opposite
to each other in the combustion chamber, normal to the valve plane. The initiation of two flame
fronts, invoked instantaneously combustion, reduced the required flame travel length required
to burn the charge.
The Coefficient of variance of indicated mean effective pressure at part throttle has improved
by 50%. For a given fuel ratio when running in part throttle condition the indicated mean
effective pressure has gone up by 15% in the Pulsar 180.
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This further helped the Bajaj bowfins to mote run the high compression ratio 9.6:1 of the
original but with a leaner air furl mixture which its reward in enhanced fuel efficiency without
stunting the power & torque produced. Data supplied by Bajaj auto (indicating BSFC- brake
specific fuel consumption being reduced by 10% in 150cc & 1.7% in 180cc) & experienced in
our tests on both road & track confirmed the enhanced efficiency fuel bits & also bring a smile
to the faces of those who forever revel in wringing the throttle wide open. Add to that the virtual
absence of knock & one has an engine which many would kill for just to put their names plates
on.
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Long life of the engine parts such as piston rings and valve stem.
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Increase the Thermal Efficiency of the Engine & even bear high loads on it.
6.
Better starting of engine even in winter season & cold climatic conditions or at very low
temperatures because of increased Compression ratio.
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Because of twin Sparks the diameter of the flame increases rapidly that would result in
instantaneous burning of fuels. Thus, force exerted on the piston would increase leading
to better work output.
8.
Twin ignition tends to improve the engines fuel consumption under part load operating
conditions.
9.
Twin ignition helps the ignition advance timing to be somewhat retarded which tends to
improve the engines smoothness and response.
5.3 Statistics
The following are the various statistics showing the advantages of application of DTSi & its
derived technologies i.e. the comparison of various aspects of 150 cc categories and 125 cc
category bikes.
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You spend double the amount on spark plugs when it is time to replace them.
The engine tends to overheat and loose power at higher speeds as compared to a single
plug engine.
In case the Engine is kept unused for a long time soiling of spark plugs occur. Twin
Spark system helps to reduce this problem.
It does not deliver any better mileage and acceleration than that derived from a single
spark plug.
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at lighter loads. When there is a sufficient or heavy load on the engine, the 4 stroke cycle
completes at a faster rate resulting in the faster combustion because of the twin sparks produced
by the twin plugs. But when there exists a lighter load on the engine, the 4 stroke cycle will
not complete at a faster rate. Therefore, even the incorporation of twin spark plugs cannot aid
the faster combustion i.e. still a better rate of combustion can be achieved at lighter loads.
Combustion efficiency in lean Air-Fuel mixture conditions can be further improved by
generating high turbulence in the combustion chamber. Combustion chambers having low
turbulence give rise to propagation of a flame front, which is akin to that of a gradually
expanding balloon. This results in a slower rate of combustion and thus slower rate of pressure
rise. End result is lower efficiency. When high turbulence is generated and combustion takes
place, the surface of the ballooning flame front fragments itself, with projection like fingers,
which increases its surface area, thereby improving combustion further. Here comes the Swirl
Induction concept, which is meant for producing higher turbulence in the combustion chamber.
Swirl Induction is nothing but imparting a swirling motion to the fresh charge that enters the
combustion chamber. This can be done by making slight modifications in the ports positioning
of engine.
The DTS-Si engine will have two spark plugs but it differs from the parent DTS-I engine in
the design of position of the ports. The straight ports used in conventional engines have
limitations in generating high swirl values due to their geometry. One of the ways to generate
more swirl is to have a port configuration that promotes this phenomenon. An offset port
configuration was arrived upon and optimized to generate the required swirl numbers.
Incorporated in the new engine, this results in a swirling motion of the incoming charge, which
decays itself into turbulence as the piston moves in the Induction and Compression strokes.
This results in the Air-Fuel mixture being more thoroughly mixed and spread around the
combustion chamber. Sparks provided by the twin spark plugs ignite this highly turbulent and
compressed Air-Fuel mixture, leading to a flame front with high surface area, resulting in a
rapid rise of pressure due to rapid combustion. The values of turbulence achieved now, are
substantially higher than that of a straight port cylinder head, such as in DTS-i. A combination
of DTS-i and Swirl induction thus provides extremely rapid combustion, resulting in high
efficiency.
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evoke the design, fit and finish so far exclusively reserved for much more expensive super
sports bikes. The new 200cc Pulsar is probably the most stunning sports bike in its class oozing
raw muscular appeal. To make use of 3 spark plugs, the pulsar engine houses a pent roof
combustion chamber which in turn allows housing 3 spark plugs in the engine chamber. Out
of the three plugs, the primary plug is the center one and is mounted in an angle and enters the
chamber at the top-center. The other two secondary plugs are mounted below, each opposite
each other and one of them being vertically underneath the primary plug. The secondary plugs
fire a bit after the primary one has fired and the timings are controlled by the ECU depending
on various parameters like throttle position, engine revs, load on engine and much other stuff.
According to Bajaj, these plugs gain an advantage in low-rev riding condition where it extracts
the best economy.
SUMMARY
Hence it can be concluded that the application of this technology in the present-day
automobiles will give the present generation what they want i.e. power bikes with fuel
efficiency. Since these technologies also minimize the fuel consumption and harmful emission
levels, they can also be considered as one of the solutions for increasing fuel costs and
increasing effect of global warming. The use of these technologies ensures rapid combustion
of the fuel in the combustion chamber, lower emissions and thereby an increase in the fuel
efficiency. Better low end torque, Lower fuel delivery and optimization of spark timing,
improved cold start, quick warm up and excellent response to the sudden acceleration, Lower
emission levels, Self-detection and communication of fuel system malfunctioning if any are
also some of the important advantages of these technologies. We can hope for still better
technologies, which can achieve still better results because there is no end for innovation.
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