scholarly journals Effects of ambient CO2 and H2O on soot processes in n-dodecane spray combustion using large eddy simulation

Fuel ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 312 ◽  
pp. 122700
Author(s):  
Min Zhang ◽  
Jiun Cai Ong ◽  
Kar Mun Pang ◽  
Xue-Song Bai ◽  
Jens H. Walther
2020 ◽  
Vol 279 ◽  
pp. 115774 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shijie Xu ◽  
Shenghui Zhong ◽  
Kar Mun Pang ◽  
Senbin Yu ◽  
Mehdi Jangi ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sibendu Som ◽  
Douglas E. Longman ◽  
Zhaoyu Luo ◽  
Max Plomer ◽  
Tianfeng Lu ◽  
...  

Combustion in direct-injection diesel engines occurs in a lifted, turbulent diffusion flame mode. Numerous studies indicate that the combustion and emissions in such engines are strongly influenced by the lifted flame characteristics, which are in turn determined by fuel and air mixing in the upstream region of the lifted flame, and consequently by the liquid breakup and spray development processes. From a numerical standpoint, these spray combustion processes depend heavily on the choice of underlying spray, combustion, and turbulence models. The present numerical study investigates the influence of different chemical kinetic mechanisms for diesel and biodiesel fuels, as well as Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) and large eddy simulation (LES) turbulence models on predicting flame lift-off lengths (LOLs) and ignition delays. Specifically, two chemical kinetic mechanisms for n-heptane (NHPT) and three for biodiesel surrogates are investigated. In addition, the renormalization group (RNG) k-ε (RANS) model is compared to the Smagorinsky based LES turbulence model. Using adaptive grid resolution, minimum grid sizes of 250 μm and 125 μm were obtained for the RANS and LES cases, respectively. Validations of these models were performed against experimental data from Sandia National Laboratories in a constant volume combustion chamber. Ignition delay and flame lift-off validations were performed at different ambient temperature conditions. The LES model predicts lower ignition delays and qualitatively better flame structures compared to the RNG k-ε model. The use of realistic chemistry and a ternary surrogate mixture, which consists of methyl decanoate, methyl nine-decenoate, and NHPT, results in better predicted LOLs and ignition delays. For diesel fuel though, only marginal improvements are observed by using larger size mechanisms. However, these improved predictions come at a significant increase in computational cost.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junqian Cai ◽  
Tianyou Wang ◽  
Ming Jia ◽  
Kai Sun ◽  
Zhen Lu ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 138 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Bravo ◽  
Sameera Wijeyakulasuriya ◽  
Eric Pomraning ◽  
Peter K. Senecal ◽  
Chol-Bum Kweon

In military propulsion applications, the characterization of internal combustion engines operating with jet fuel is vital to understand engine performance, combustion phasing, and emissions when JP-8 is fully substituted for diesel fuel. In this work, high-resolution large eddy simulation (LES) simulations have been performed in-order to provide a comprehensive analysis of the detailed mixture formation process in engine sprays for nozzle configurations of interest to the Army. The first phase examines the behavior of a nonreacting evaporating spray, and demonstrates the accuracy in predicting liquid and vapor transient penetration profiles using a multirealization statistical grid-converged approach. The study was conducted using a suite of single-orifice injectors ranging from 40 to 147 μm at a rail pressure of 1000 bar and chamber conditions at 900 K and 60 bar. The next phase models the nonpremixed combustion behavior of reacting sprays and investigates the submodel ability to predict auto-ignition and lift-off length (LOL) dynamics. The model is constructed using a Kelvin Helmholtz–Rayleigh Taylor (KH–RT) spray atomization framework coupled to an LES approach. The liquid physical properties are defined using a JP-8 mixture containing 80% n-decane and 20% trimethylbenzene (TMB), while the gas phase utilizes the Aachen kinetic mechanism (Hummer, et al., 2007, “Experimental and Kinetic Modeling Study of Combustion of JP-8, Its Surrogates, and Reference Components in Laminar Non Premixed Flows,” Proc. Combust. Inst., 31, pp. 393–400 and Honnet, et al., 2009, “A Surrogate Fuel for Kerosene,” Proc. Combust. Inst., 32, pp. 485–492) and a detailed chemistry combustion approach. The results are in good agreement with the spray combustion measurements from the Army Research Laboratory (ARL), constant pressure flow (CPF) facility, and provide a robust computational framework for further JP-8 studies of spray combustion.


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