Applying Advanced CFD Analysis Tools to Study Differences between Start-of-Main and Start-of-Post Injection Flow, Temperature and Chemistry Fields Due to Combustion of Main-Injected Fuel 2015-24-2436
This paper is part of a larger body of experimental and computational work devoted to studying the role of close-coupled post injections on soot reduction in a heavy-duty optical engine. It is a continuation of an earlier computational paper. The goals of the current work are to develop new CFD analysis tools and methods and apply them to gain a more in depth understanding of the different in-cylinder environments into which fuel from main- and post-injections are injected and to study how the in-cylinder flow, thermal and chemical fields are transformed between start of injection timings.
The engine represented in this computational study is a single-cylinder, direct-injection, heavy-duty, low-swirl engine with optical components. It is based on the Cummins N14, has a cylindrical shaped piston bowl and an eight-hole injector that are both centered on the cylinder axis. The fuel used was n-heptane and the engine operating condition was light load at 1200 RPM.
The in-cylinder processes investigated are typical and include fuel injection and the subsequent growth of a largely non-combusting fuel-rich vapor jet, pre-mixed burn followed by sharp reductions in fuel and oxygen concentrations, limited air entrainment that coincides with a transition from pre-mixed burn to mixing-controlled burn, and the end of main-injection, after which many in-cylinder processes tend back toward their pre-injection values. What distinguishes the work is the ability to use the newly developed tools and methods so that the aforementioned in-cylinder processes of interest can be linked in a quantifiable and visual way.
Citation: Hessel, R., Reitz, R., Yue, Z., Musculus, M. et al., "Applying Advanced CFD Analysis Tools to Study Differences between Start-of-Main and Start-of-Post Injection Flow, Temperature and Chemistry Fields Due to Combustion of Main-Injected Fuel," SAE Int. J. Engines 8(5):2159-2176, 2015, https://doi.org/10.4271/2015-24-2436. Download Citation
Author(s):
Randy Hessel, Rolf D. Reitz, Zongyu Yue, Mark P. B. Musculus, Jacqueline O'Connor
Affiliated:
Univ. of Wisconsin, Sandia National Laboratories, Pennsylvania State University
Pages: 18
Event:
12th International Conference on Engines & Vehicles
ISSN:
1946-3936
e-ISSN:
1946-3944
Also in:
SAE International Journal of Engines-V124-3, SAE International Journal of Engines-V124-3EJ
Related Topics:
Fuel injection
Combustion and combustion processes
Engine cylinders
Pistons
Computational fluid dynamics
Tools and equipment
Particulate matter (PM)
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