An EGR unit with a cooling system was developed for a diesel engine and the effects of cooled EGR and uncooled EGR on combustion and emission were investigated experimentally. The results show that EGR can reduce NO
x
emission of the diesel engine significantly under various operation conditions. NO
x
emission can decrease by about 75% at the EGR rate of 30% under high loads but the increase of the EGR rate has negative influence on torque output
brake specific fuel consumption
and emissions of smoke
CO and HC. Moreover
peak values of combustion pressure and heat release rate decrease. The cooled EGR system can reduce NO
x
and smoke emission more effectively compared with the uncooled EGR system under high and normal loads.
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