Performance Characterization and Auto-Ignition Performance of a Rapid Compression Machine

Líu, Hao; Zhang, Honggang; Shi, Zhi‐Cheng; Lu, Haitao; Zhao, Guangyao; Yao, Baofeng

doi:10.3390/en7096083

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“…Compression of oil within the groove increases the pressure quickly and this resistive force slows the piston's motion, while the oil seeps from the groove back into the main hydraulic chamber. Careful adjustment of the ring-groove clearances, and any additional transfer ports, e.g., radially through the ring, is needed to achieve precise control of the deceleration profile [132]. Numerous machines currently in use employ this technique.…”

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Advances in rapid compression machine studies of low- and intermediate-temperature autoignition phenomena

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Hochgreb

Vanhove

et al. 2017

Progress in Energy and Combustion Science

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Rapid compression machines (RCMs) are widely-used to acquire experimental insights into fuel autoignition and pollutant formation chemistry, especially at conditions relevant to current and future combustion technologies. RCM studies emphasize important experimental regimes, characterized by lowto intermediate-temperatures (600-1200 K) and moderate to high pressures (5-80 bar). At these conditions, which are directly relevant to modern combustion schemes including low temperature combustion (LTC) for internal combustion engines and dry low emissions (DLE) for gas turbine engines, combustion chemistry exhibits complex and experimentally challenging behaviors such as the chemistry attributed to cool flame behavior and the negative temperature coefficient regime. Challenges for studying this regime include that experimental observations can be more sensitive to coupled physicalchemical processes leading to phenomena such as mixed deflagrative/autoignitive combustion. Experimental strategies which leverage the strengths of RCMs have been developed in recent years to make RCMs particularly well suited for elucidating LTC and DLE chemistry, as well as convolved physicalchemical processes. Specifically, this work presents a review of experimental and computational efforts applying RCMs to study autoignition phenomena, and the insights gained through these efforts. A brief history of RCM development is presented towards the steady improvement in design, characterization, instrumentation and data analysis. Novel experimental approaches and measurement techniques, coordinated with computational methods are described which have expanded the utility of RCMs beyond empirical studies of explosion limits to increasingly detailed understanding of autoignition chemistry and the role of physical-chemical interactions. Fundamental insight into the autoignition chemistry of specific fuels is described, demonstrating the extent of knowledge of low-temperature chemistry derived from RCM studies, from simple hydrocarbons to multi-component blends and full-boiling range fuels. Emerging needs and further opportunities are suggested, including investigations of under-explored fuels and the implementation of increasingly higher fidelity diagnostics.

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Section: Control Of the Compression Phasementioning

confidence: 99%

Advances in rapid compression machine studies of low- and intermediate-temperature autoignition phenomena

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Hochgreb

Vanhove

et al. 2017

Progress in Energy and Combustion Science

196

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“…The RCM (Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China) used in this study has been introduced in a previous paper [22], and only a brief overview will be given here. The RCM is mainly composed of pneumatic drive, hydraulic control, reactor cylinder, gas supply, and data acquisition systems.…”

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Effects of Buffer Gas Composition on Autoignition of Dimethyl Ether

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Abstract:Experimental and numerical studies are conducted on the thermal, chemical and dilution effects of buffer gas composition on autoignition of dimethyl ether (DME). The buffer gases considered are nitrogen (N2), a mixture of N2 and argon (Ar) at a mole ratio of 50%/50% and a mixture of Ar and carbon dioxide (CO2) at a mole ratio of 61.2%/38.8%. Experiments are performed using a rapid compression machine (RCM) at compressed pressure of 10 bar, equivalence ratio (φ) of 1, and compressed temperature from 670 K to 795 K. The N2 dilution ratio considered ranges from 36.31% to 55.04%. The experimental results show that buffer gas composition has little impact on the first-stage ignition delay. However, significant differences in the total ignition delay as a function of buffer gas composition are observed in the negative temperature coefficient (NTC) region. Compared to N2, N2/Ar (50%/50%) mixture decreases the total ignition delay by 31%. The chemical effects of buffer gas composition on the first-stage and total ignition delays are negligible. With increasing N2 dilution ratio, the first-stage ignition delay slightly increases, while a significant increase in the total ignition delay is observed. Moreover, the NTC behavior of total ignition delay is noted to become more pronounced at high N2 dilution ratio. The heat release during the first-stage ignition decreases as N2 dilution ratio increases. Results of OPEN ACCESSEnergies 2015, 8 10199 numerical simulations with the Zhao DME mechanism over a wider range of temperature show good agreement with that of experiments. Further numerical simulations are conducted using pure N2, Ar and CO2 as buffer gases. Results indicate that the thermal effects are the dominant factor in low temperature and NTC regions. The chemical effects become pronounced in the NTC region, and the chemical effect of CO2 exceeds the thermal effect at the compressed temperature higher than 880 K.

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“…When it comes to the exploration processes, despite widely popularized simulation methods [24,25] experimental research and development works still remain significant. This is a solution including basic research using test engines (single or multi cylinder) and rapid compression machines [26][27][28][29]. These machines, owing to their research potential (including optical access), are widely used in the analysis of the process of injection and combustion [30] because they reduce the cost and improve the intensity of the development works compared to transparent engines.…”

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The Assessment of Autoignition of Modified Jet Fuels

2021

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The condition of the natural environment, including breathable air, indicates that actions are to be taken related to the reduction of exhaust emissions from transport. One of the sectors of transport is aviation. The reduction of emissions is tightly related to the types of fuels in this sector of transport. In the paper, the authors propose the application of a new generation of jet fuels. A full exploration of the physicochemical properties of these fuels requires research under actual engine operation. The conducted research pertains to the autoignition of modified jet fuels in terms of the thermodynamic indicators and optical analyses of the early phase of flame development. The investigations were conducted using a Rapid Compression Expansion Machine with a simultaneous recording of images using a high-speed camera. Owing to this technique, the authors could assess the thermodynamic properties and analyze the early flame development processes. The investigations enabled the assessment of fuel properties indicating an increased delay of the autoignition process compared to the reference fuel (diesel fuel). The performed analyses have confirmed a huge role of modern fuels (including HEFA in particular) in contemporary aviation–significant delay of autoignition at a simultaneous significant formation of autoignition spots and high intensification of combustion.

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Performance Characterization and Auto-Ignition Performance of a Rapid Compression Machine

Cited by 14 publications

References 27 publications

Advances in rapid compression machine studies of low- and intermediate-temperature autoignition phenomena

Advances in rapid compression machine studies of low- and intermediate-temperature autoignition phenomena

Effects of Buffer Gas Composition on Autoignition of Dimethyl Ether

The Assessment of Autoignition of Modified Jet Fuels

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