A Numerical Approach for the Analysis of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil and Dimethoxy Methane Blends as Low-Carbon Alternative Fuel in Compression Ignition Engines Universitat Politècnica de València, CMT

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Garcia-Oliver, Jose M., author.

Contributor:

Bin-Khalid, Usama

Lopez Pintor, Dario

Micó, Carlos

Novella, Ricardo

Conference Name:

WCX SAE World Congress Experience (2023-04-18 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource cm

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2023

Summary:

Despite recent advances towards powertrain electrification as a solution to mitigate pollutant emissions from road transport, synthetic fuels (especially e- fuels) still have a major role to play in applications where electrification will not be viable in short-medium term. Among e-fuels, oxymethylene ethers are getting serious interest within the scientific community and industry. Dimethoxy methane (OME1) is the smaller molecule among this group, which is of special interest due to its low soot formation. However, its application is still limited mainly due to its low lower heating value. In contrast, other fuel alternatives like hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) are considered as drop-in solutions thanks to their very similar properties and molecular composition to that of fossil diesel. However, their pollutant emission improvement is limited. This work proposes the combination of OME1 and HVO as an alternative to fossil diesel, to achieve noticeable soot emission reductions while compensating for the different properties of the first fuel.The aim of this work is to provide insight into the combustion characteristics of blends of these two fuels. For this purpose, experimental and numerical studies are combined. In this context, n-dodecane is proposed as a surrogate for HVO simulation based on the high similarities experimentally observed between both fuels. Then, a compact kinetic mechanism is developed and validated, combining individual OME1 and n-dodecane mechanisms. Results confirm that the numerical approach followed was able to capture the experimental behavior of these blends in terms of heat release rate, in-cylinder pressure and soot formation. An increase of the OME1 content in the blend greatly influences the combustion process. The ignition delay, as well as the premixed combustion phase peak, increase with the OME1 percentage in the blend. However, HVO helps on limiting this effect while remarkable soot formation reductions are still achieved thanks to OME1

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2023-01-0338

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