Dual-fuel RCCI engine combustion modeling with detailed chemistry considering flame propagation in partially premixed combustion

Dezhi Zhou, Wenming Yang, Feiyang Zhao and Jing Li

Applied Energy, 2017, vol. 203, issue C, 164-176

Abstract: In the two limits of a well-mixed charge (e.g. homogenous charge compression ignition (HCCI)) engine, and a well separated charge (e.g. conventional diesel combustion (CDC)) engine, the CHEMKIN coupled computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes approach has been proved to work well in predicting both chemistry controlled combustion and mixing controlled combustion. In this study, it is shown that for some certain cases in the new combustion mode reactivity controlled compression ignition (RCCI) engine where flame propagation exists, the CHEMKIN approach could fail to predict the combustion characteristics. To extend the capability of the existing CHEMKIN models in combustion, a flame propagation model (FPM) accounting for combustion in partially premixed mixtures was proposed and coupled into the CFD framework KIVA4. In this FPM model, the turbulent flame speed was calculated and the heat release and species conversion rate in the turbulent flame brush was solved with detailed chemical kinetics. A NOx sub-mechanism and a nine-step phenomenological soot model were also coupled into the current integrated model for emission prediction. This model was validated in 3 different dual-fuel experimental engines by comparing the in-cylinder pressure, heat release rate (HRR), NOx emissions and soot emissions. The CHEMKIN and CHEMKIN-FPM were also compared in terms of their capability of predicting the combustion in different combustion regimes. The results show that under certain operating conditions when CHEMKIN failed in the combustion prediction, the current CHEMKIN-FPM shows a superior ability in predicting combustion characteristics.

Keywords: Flame propagation; Detailed chemistry; Combustion modeling; RCCI engine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.06.021

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