Effects of equivalence and fuel ratios on combustion characteristics of an RCCI engine fueled with methane/n-heptane blend

Taqizadeh, Atie; Jahanian, Omid; Kani, Seyed Iman Pourmousavi

doi:10.1007/s10973-019-08669-9

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“…Recently, numerical simulation of ICE through Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling, has become a promising tool to get better insight about the complex processes such as fuel injection, spray formation, chemical kinetics, ignition model, flame propagation, knock phenomena, emission formations that occur inside the cylinder of ICE. Taqizadeh et al [14] performed numerical investigation of effects of equivalence ratio on combustion characteristics of an RCCI engine. They found that, by increasing equivalence ratio from 0.35 to 0.55 in a constant energy ratio, noticeable growth in the maximum amount of pressure and temperature could be achieved; consequently, NOx emission would increase significantly, IMEP increases by 43%, and ISFC decreases by 30%.…”

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Combustion and Emission Characteristics of a Diesel Engine Operating with Varying Equivalence Ratio and Compression Ratio - A CFD Simulation

Rahman

Ahmed

2020

JEA

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The performance of diesel engine highly depends on atomization, vaporization and mixing of fuel with air. These factors are strongly influenced by various parameters e.g. injection pressure, injection timing, compression ratio, equivalence ratio, cylinder geometry, in cylinder air motion etc. In this study, a diesel engine has been investigated by employing a commercial CFD software (ANSYS Forte, version 18.1) especially developed for internal combustion engines (ICE) modeling; focusing primarily on the effects of equivalence ratio and compression ratio on combustion and emission characteristics. RNG k-ε model was employed as the turbulence model for analyzing the physical phenomena involved in the change of kinetic energy. In order to reduce the computational cost and time, a sector mesh of 45o angle with periodic boundary conditions applied at the periodic faces of the sector, is considered instead of using the whole engine geometry. Simulations are performed for a range of equivalence ratio varying from 0.6 to 1.2 and for three compression ratios namely, 15:1, 18:1 and 21:1. Results show that, improvement in combustion characteristics with higher compression ratio could be achieved for both lean and rich mixtures. Peak in-cylinder pressure and peak heat release nearer to TDC are achieved for compression ratio of 18:1 that could results in more engine torque. For compression ratio beyond 16:1, effects of fuel concentration on ignition delay is more pronounced. At lower compression ratio, in-cylinder temperature is not sufficiently high for atomization, vaporization, mixing of fuel with air, and preflame reactions to occur immediately after the fuel injection. NOx emission in diesel engine increases due to higher pressure and temperature inside the cylinder associated with relatively higher compression ratio. Rich mixture leads to more CO and unburnt hydrocarbon emission compared to lean mixture as result of incomplete combustion. Engine operation with too high compression ratio is detrimental as emission is a major concern.

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