Numerical study of injection strategy on the combustion process in a peripheral ported rotary engine fueled with natural gas/hydrogen blends under the action of apex seal leakage

Baowei Fan, Yonghao Zeng, Jianfeng Pan, Jia Fang, Hammed Adeniyi Salami and Yuanguang Wang

Energy, 2022, vol. 242, issue C

Abstract: To improve the combustion efficiency of the rotary engine fueled with natural gas/hydrogen blends, the effect of the injection strategy of the blended fuel on the combustion process in cylinder was studied. In addition, considering that apex seal leakage (ASL) is difficult to avoid in the actual working process of rotary engines, the action of ASL was considered in the study. Therefore, a 3D dynamic calculation model of a peripheral ported rotary engine considering the ASL was established. Based on the calculation model, the impact of the blended fuel injection position (BFIP) and the blended fuel injection timing (BFIT) on the combustion process was numerically researched. The results showed that when the fuel injection strategy was Case: B-150, whose BFIP was located at the intersection of the cylinder profile and the long axis with the BFIT of 150°CA (BTDC), the blended fuel was more distributed in the front of cylinder (FOC) and the middle of the cylinder (MOC) at the ignition timing, which effectively avoided the problem of the incomplete combustion in the back of the cylinder (BOC). Therefore, to optimize effectively the combustion performance of the rotary engine, the injection strategy of Case: B-150 was recommended in engineering applications.

Keywords: Rotary engine; Injection strategy; Natural gas; Hydrogen; Apex seal leakage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2021.122532

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