Computer-aided conversion of an engine from diesel to methane

Teresa Donateo, Federica Tornese and Domenico Laforgia

Applied Energy, 2013, vol. 108, issue C, 8-23

Abstract: The paper proposes an analytical methodology that uses empirical based models and CFD simulations to efficiently evaluate design alternatives in the conversion of a diesel engine to either CNG dedicated or dual fuel engines. The procedure is performed in five steps. Firstly, a database of different combustion chambers that can be obtained from the original piston is obtained. The chambers in the database differ for the shape of the bowl, the value of the compression ratio, the offset of the bowl and the size of the squish region. The second step of the procedure is the selection, from the first database, of the combustion chambers able to resist to the mechanical stresses due to the pressure and temperature distribution at full load. For each combination of suitable combustion chamber shape and engine control parameters (ignition/injection crank angle, EGR, etc.), a CFD simulation is used to evaluate the combustion performance of the engine. Then, a post-processing procedure is used to evaluate the detonation tendency and intensity of each combination. All the tools developed for the application of the method have been linked in the ModeFrontier optimization environment in order to perform the final choice of the combustion chamber.

Keywords: Dual fuel engine; Combustion chamber; Structural analysis; CFD; Genetic algorithms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.03.002

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