The Application of an Enhanced Ignition Delay Model to HCCI Engines and Comparison to Engine Measurements Sasol Advanced Fuels Laboratory, University of Cape Town

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Londleni, Sibusiso C., author.

Conference Name:

2007 Fuels and Emissions Conference (2007-01-23 : Cape Town, South Africa)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2007

Summary:

The paper describes the application of an enhanced ignition delay model, developed by Yates and co-workers, to the operation of a single cylinder HCCI engine. The ignition delay description was further expanded in this paper to incorporate the effects of air-fuel ratio changes (to cater for lean operation) and residual exhaust gas. Variable combustion (heat release) duration was added, yielding improvement on the common assumption of a fixed duration.The model was compared to measurement performed in a variable compression ratio, single cylinder Ricardo E6 engine and the paper details the engine preparation, test procedure and results. A variety of fuels were tested and modelled and results for two fuels (n-heptane and methanol) were presented in the paper. These two fuels represent extremes of autoignition resistance (with octane numbers of 0 and 106, respectively).Comparison between modelled and measured data yielded discrepancies in three areas: the combustion duration, ignition phasing and the existence of cool flame heat release. All three discrepancies were traced to simplifications in the engine and ignition delay model

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Publisher Number:

2007-01-0048

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