Stratified charge in the W222 engines? Facelifted models?
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Stratified charge in the W222 engines? Facelifted models?
TLDR summary for everyone:
Direct injected engines in N. America have not been able to run a very lean burn mode/high compression ratio "stage" called "stratified injection". The reason for this (TLDR flavour) is that our fuel has had too much sulfur in it. I learned today that in the US (and I believe in Canada), that as of early 2017, the sulphur content has actually dropped significantly, to I believe 10ppm, and that by 2020 that this will drop even further.
I have reason to believe that the new W222 engines (S450 in particular), or the M276 DELA will now enable stratified injection. I believe this because of: https://www.wardsauto.com/engines/me...-charge-v-6-us
Does anyone know for sure? This is a big deal for DI haters like me (I suffered through the Audi 2.0 TFSI debacle), because this now means these engines can run in a lean burn mode under partial throttle application. Historically these DI engines have burned richer than they needed to (and consumed more fuel then they needed to), due to the sulphur content in our fuel. I would really like to know if these DI engines now FINALLY can enter lean burn mode.
Thank you.
before anyone asks, my research has been on the S450 MY18/MY19 M276 DELA engine. I have no idea how things work on the 550 as I am not in the market for one.
^^Reason I care above is because of the decreased concern of fuel dilution due to stratified mode injection*
Direct injected engines in N. America have not been able to run a very lean burn mode/high compression ratio "stage" called "stratified injection". The reason for this (TLDR flavour) is that our fuel has had too much sulfur in it. I learned today that in the US (and I believe in Canada), that as of early 2017, the sulphur content has actually dropped significantly, to I believe 10ppm, and that by 2020 that this will drop even further.
I have reason to believe that the new W222 engines (S450 in particular), or the M276 DELA will now enable stratified injection. I believe this because of: https://www.wardsauto.com/engines/me...-charge-v-6-us
Does anyone know for sure? This is a big deal for DI haters like me (I suffered through the Audi 2.0 TFSI debacle), because this now means these engines can run in a lean burn mode under partial throttle application. Historically these DI engines have burned richer than they needed to (and consumed more fuel then they needed to), due to the sulphur content in our fuel. I would really like to know if these DI engines now FINALLY can enter lean burn mode.
Thank you.
before anyone asks, my research has been on the S450 MY18/MY19 M276 DELA engine. I have no idea how things work on the 550 as I am not in the market for one.
^^Reason I care above is because of the decreased concern of fuel dilution due to stratified mode injection*
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I don't know if it's just the sulfur, lean burn creates NOx emissions that are above our regulations, an issue other places don't have. Maybe that is because of the sulfur content of the fuels, I don't know. I have seen, even in GM PCM's the logic for lean burn cruise and it's always disabled here in the states for that reason. Not even on DI motors, but DI makes it far more efficient.
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I don't know if it's just the sulfur, lean burn creates NOx emissions that are above our regulations, an issue other places don't have. Maybe that is because of the sulfur content of the fuels, I don't know. I have seen, even in GM PCM's the logic for lean burn cruise and it's always disabled here in the states for that reason. Not even on DI motors, but DI makes it far more efficient.
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I know automakers have disabled lean burn mode in the US for several years, most notably VAG explicitly has referred to FSI as "fuel straight injection" vs "fuel stratified injection" in the US vs Europe. This was back around 2007-2010. Our fuel standards and sulphur content is neck and neck vs Europe now (from what I have researched). Do you know if GM's PCM logic is still disabled these days as I seem to recall GM has had DI engines for a while, and Ford has as well with their EcoBoost line.
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2014 - W212.065 - E400 ( M276.820, 3 liter Turbo) RWD not Hybrid
Hi Penguin,
Maybe this is the answer, but its a 2010 document and it is the M276 3.5 liter NA, not the 3 liter bi-turbo. Page 8.
http://autocats.ws/manual/sdmedia/me...001_001_en.pdf
Nox storage cat converter has been geared more for diesel engine, that is what the MB Blue Tech was for.
https://media.daimler.com/marsMediaS...ml?oid=9361397
This maybe why USA designated gasoline engine is not using stratified combustion, USA allowable Nox and Particulate Matter is much lower than Europe, but Europe CO and CO2 allowable limit is lower than USA.
https://longtailpipe.com/2015/10/02/...of-dieselgate/
Happy reading....
Maybe this is the answer, but its a 2010 document and it is the M276 3.5 liter NA, not the 3 liter bi-turbo. Page 8.
http://autocats.ws/manual/sdmedia/me...001_001_en.pdf
Nox storage cat converter has been geared more for diesel engine, that is what the MB Blue Tech was for.
https://media.daimler.com/marsMediaS...ml?oid=9361397
This maybe why USA designated gasoline engine is not using stratified combustion, USA allowable Nox and Particulate Matter is much lower than Europe, but Europe CO and CO2 allowable limit is lower than USA.
https://longtailpipe.com/2015/10/02/...of-dieselgate/
Happy reading....
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This is the sulfur killing the Nox cat converter and the common 3 way converter
http://www.meca.org/galleries/files/sulfur.pdf
So its kinda ironic if USA did not reduce its sulfur level as fast as Europe but demand less Nox and PM.
I spoke to an oil engineer working with Shell just few days ago. It was casual conversation about fuel.
He said refineries are designed around what crude oil is the source. So its kinda custom production.
It is not easy, not fast and not cheap to produce X when the refinery is designed for Y.
I read removing sulfur is not that cheap too.
I believe EPA ruling has at the least, partially to do with USA oil reserve concern.
This is probably a political decision where a country must be able to stay independent of foreign oil import for as long as they could, and use their own oil reserve, if war ever happens.
I do not know what kind of crude oil USA owns, but one thing for certain their refineries are designed for that.
Also money talks, I am sure the oil company try to spend less or delay as long as they can on any major expenses and can sleep well with high sulfur in their gasoline
https://www.ogj.com/articles/print/v...ine-costs.html
I am sure if car manufacturers see the current low sulfur fuel of Tier 3 readily available nation wide , and improve NOX cat converter technology,
in a few years they will introduce to US market the stratified combustion version for the gasoline engine.
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This is the sulfur killing the Nox cat converter and the common 3 way converter
http://www.meca.org/galleries/files/sulfur.pdf
So its kinda ironic if USA did not reduce its sulfur level as fast as Europe but demand less Nox and PM.
I spoke to an oil engineer working with Shell just few days ago. It was casual conversation about fuel.
He said refineries are designed around what crude oil is the source. So its kinda custom production.
It is not easy, not fast and not cheap to produce X when the refinery is designed for Y.
I read removing sulfur is not that cheap too.
I believe EPA ruling has at the least, partially to do with USA oil reserve concern.
This is probably a political decision where a country must be able to stay independent of foreign oil import for as long as they could, and use their own oil reserve, if war ever happens.
I do not know what kind of crude oil USA owns, but one thing for certain their refineries are designed for that.
Also money talks, I am sure the oil company try to spend less or delay as long as they can on any major expenses and can sleep well with high sulfur in their gasoline
https://www.ogj.com/articles/print/v...ine-costs.html
I am sure if car manufacturers see the current low sulfur fuel of Tier 3 readily available nation wide , and improve NOX cat converter technology,
in a few years they will introduce to US market the stratified combustion version for the gasoline engine.
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Hi Penguin,
Maybe this is the answer, but its a 2010 document and it is the M276 3.5 liter NA, not the 3 liter bi-turbo. Page 8.
http://autocats.ws/manual/sdmedia/me...001_001_en.pdf
Nox storage cat converter has been geared more for diesel engine, that is what the MB Blue Tech was for.
https://media.daimler.com/marsMediaS...ml?oid=9361397
This maybe why USA designated gasoline engine is not using stratified combustion, USA allowable Nox and Particulate Matter is much lower than Europe, but Europe CO and CO2 allowable limit is lower than USA.
https://longtailpipe.com/2015/10/02/...of-dieselgate/
Happy reading....
Maybe this is the answer, but its a 2010 document and it is the M276 3.5 liter NA, not the 3 liter bi-turbo. Page 8.
http://autocats.ws/manual/sdmedia/me...001_001_en.pdf
Nox storage cat converter has been geared more for diesel engine, that is what the MB Blue Tech was for.
https://media.daimler.com/marsMediaS...ml?oid=9361397
This maybe why USA designated gasoline engine is not using stratified combustion, USA allowable Nox and Particulate Matter is much lower than Europe, but Europe CO and CO2 allowable limit is lower than USA.
https://longtailpipe.com/2015/10/02/...of-dieselgate/
Happy reading....
My understanding of this topic is that as the sulphur content drops, the NOx emissions drops too from stratified charge/lean combustion. Just trying to see if it's finally being rolled out in the new S450 The document you are referring to is also old, almost 8 years old and was released when the M276 was first released, and does not contain info about the M276 DELA 30 as an example. I've been trying desperately to find the latest technical document on it but alas, I cannot find it.
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This is the sulfur killing the Nox cat converter and the common 3 way converter
http://www.meca.org/galleries/files/sulfur.pdf
So its kinda ironic if USA did not reduce its sulfur level as fast as Europe but demand less Nox and PM.
I spoke to an oil engineer working with Shell just few days ago. It was casual conversation about fuel.
He said refineries are designed around what crude oil is the source. So its kinda custom production.
It is not easy, not fast and not cheap to produce X when the refinery is designed for Y.
I read removing sulfur is not that cheap too.
.
This is the sulfur killing the Nox cat converter and the common 3 way converter
http://www.meca.org/galleries/files/sulfur.pdf
So its kinda ironic if USA did not reduce its sulfur level as fast as Europe but demand less Nox and PM.
I spoke to an oil engineer working with Shell just few days ago. It was casual conversation about fuel.
He said refineries are designed around what crude oil is the source. So its kinda custom production.
It is not easy, not fast and not cheap to produce X when the refinery is designed for Y.
I read removing sulfur is not that cheap too.
.
If you remember in the pre "ultra-low-sulphur" diesel days, diesel was less expensive than gasoline, now it is more expensive.
The same adder would be imposed to produce desulphurized gasoline ($0.20-$0.30 per gallon)