A Mapping Approach for Efficient CFD Simulation of Low-Speed Large-Bore Marine Engine with Pre-Chamber and Dual-Fuel Operation

Ying Ye, Zongyu Yue, Hu Wang, Haifeng Liu, Chaohui Wu and Mingfa Yao
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Ying Ye: State Key Laboratory of Engines, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Zongyu Yue: State Key Laboratory of Engines, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Hu Wang: State Key Laboratory of Engines, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Haifeng Liu: State Key Laboratory of Engines, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Chaohui Wu: China Shipbuilding Power Engineering Institute Co., Ltd., Shanghai 200120, China
Mingfa Yao: State Key Laboratory of Engines, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 19, 1-16

Abstract: A natural-gas-diesel dual-fuel marine engine with a pre-chamber is a promising solution for ocean transportation to meet the International Maritime Organization (IMO) emission regulations. This engine system employs a pre-chamber with direct injection of diesel to ignite premixed natural gas due to its higher ignition energy, which can enable lower lean limit and higher thermal efficiency. The dual-fuel pre-chamber marine engine presents complex multi-regime combustion characteristics in- and outside the pre-chamber, thus posing challenges in its numerical simulation in a cost-effective manner. Therefore, this paper presents a three-dimensional modeling study for the multi-regime combustion in a large-bore two-stroke marine dual-fuel engine, proposing a novel mapping approach, which couples the well-stirred reactor (WSR) model with the G-equation model to achieve high computational accuracy and efficiency simultaneously. In-depth analysis is performed using representative exothermic reaction (RXR) analysis and premixed turbulent combustion fundamentals to better understand the combustion process and to provide guidance in the selection of mapping timing. The results show that the use of mapping to switch from the WSR to the G-equation model can effectively reduce the runtime significantly by 71.5%, meanwhile maintaining similar accuracies in predictions of in-cylinder pressure traces, HRR and NOx emissions, compared to using WSR all along. Additionally, the choice of mapping timing based on several parameters is preliminarily discussed.

Keywords: marine engine; CFD; dual fuel; pre-chamber; multi-regime combustion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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