A coupled 3-D CFD and detailed chemical kinetics model of free-piston engine
generator (FPEG) was adopted to investigate the effects of initial
parameters on homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) combustion and
emission. Biodiesel with 115 species skeletal mechanism was selected as
fuel. Five different parameters, namely the initial pressure, the initial
temperature, the working frequency, the compression ratio and the fuel
equivalence ratio, were selected to analyze their influences in the HCCI
combustion simulation of FPEG. The simulation results showed that the
change of the five parameters had visible impact on the heat release rate of
HCCI combustion, which caused the in-cylinder temperature and pressure to
change, and also caused the emission content of NOx and SOOT to change
obviously.