Investigation of the effect of camshaft profiles designed with the circular arc curve method for a common rail dual fuel engine on mechanical vibration and noise emissions

Abstract

In this study, the design and manufacturing of cam profiles with different valve lifts were carried out using the geometric spring curve method for a single-cylinder, four-stroke common rail diesel engine. Subsequently, the impact of the designed cam profiles on vi-bration and noise emissions in conventional diesel combustion was examined. The effects of the cam profiles obtained using the circular spring curve method and fitted with Fourier series on the tappet's speed, acceleration, and leap were examined, and then the cam pro-files to be manufactured were determined. Experimental tests were conducted on vibra-tion and noise emissions using the manufactured cam profiles with pure diesel fuel at five different engine loads and a constant engine speed. When the results are examined, in-creasing the valve lift amount compared to the original cam resulted in an approximate 24% increase in vibration level, while decreasing the valve lift amount reduced the vibra-tion level by approximately 20%. the effect of cam profile modification on average noise emissions was quite evident.