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ICE Workshop, STAR Global Conference 2012 March 19-21 2012, Amsterdam Simulation of the Mixture Preparation for an SI Engine using Multi-Component Fuels Michael Heiss , Thomas Lauer Content Introduction & Motivation Mesh Description
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Introduction
In order to reduce soot emissions and oil dilution of future SI-engines with direct injection a fundamental knowledge about wall film formation and its prediction is crucial. In the presented work, a turbocharged SI engine with direct injection was used to analyze the influence of different injection timings on the wall film formation. Numerical investigations and accompanying experiments at the engine test bench have been carried out to show the benefit of the multi-component fuel approach.
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Motivation
abrupt increase of soot formation The measured soot increased abruptly after a critical threshold of the injection start timing (SOI) was exceeded. Soot is an indicator for a diffusive combustion of wall film Analysis of the differences in wall film formation depending on SOI
high low
20°CA
early late
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Mesh Description
6-hole injector
- Mapped meshing in
es-ice V4.16
- detailed modelling of the
spark plug geometry
- thin boundary layers
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Fuel Definition RON95 I
7 component approach having the same distillation curve as gasoline reference fuel
Batteh, J. J.; Curtis, E. W.: Modeling Transient Fuel Effects with Alternative Fuels, SAE Paper 2005-01-1127
high boiling temperature low-boiling temperature
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Fuel Definition RON95 II
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Fuel Definition RON95 III
Implementation in user subroutine dropro.f Bulk Properties: Calculated for the 7 component mixture (density, viscosity, surface tension coefficient, thermal conductivity) Component properties: Vapour pressure for each component as temperature dependant functions having the form of the Clausius Clapeyron equation: y = y0 + C1 e T C2
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Spray Dynamics – Verification with Optical Measurements
50 mm
10°CA after injection start
25 mm
1°CA after injection start Droplet spectrum definition according to PDA spray measurements Good correlation of spray penetration
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Analysis of Piston Crown Cooling due to Wall Film Wetting
Solid Piston Cells (Aluminium) Constant Ambient Temperature Calculation of the piston temperature considering evaporative cooling and heat conduction Fluid Cells Static Mesh @ 450°CA Motivation: Checking if a constant piston wall temperature is acceptable A moving mesh with solid cells is not possible yet. Therefore, the analysis was performed on a static mesh.
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Liquid Film Thickness [µm]
Analysis of Piston Crown Cooling due to Wall Film Wetting
Formation of Liquid Film
Δ Temperature [K]
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A maximum cooling of ΔT ~5 K was calculated. Using a constant piston crown wall temperature is justified.
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Investigated Injection Timings
“late injection” “early injection”
high
20°CA
low
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Formation of Liquid Film, “late injection”
1-Component Fuel Multicomponent Fuel
Liquid Film Thickness [µm]
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Investigated Injection Timings
“late injection” “early injection”
high low
20°CA
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Formation of Liquid Film, “early injection“
1-Component Fuel Multicomponent Fuel
Liquid Film Thickness [µm]
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Comparison with Smokemeter Measurements
The remaining wall film mass correlates with the measured smoke number
high low
late injection early injection
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Multi-Component Liquid Film Composition, “early injection“
high boiling temperature low-boiling temperature
injection
Components with lowest mass fractions in the fuel definition
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Vapour Sources, “early injection“
50°CA
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Mixture Preparation @ Spark Timing 717°CA, “early injection“
1-Component Fuel Multi-Component Fuel
Lambda [-]
4% higher global lambda 12% higher lambda close to the spark plug
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Mixture Preparation @ Spark Timing 717°CA, “late injection”
1-Component Fuel Multi-Component Fuel
Lambda [-]
global lambda is equal lambda distribution is similar
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Conclusion
- The CFD simulation for an early injection timing showed significant
differences between the single- and multi-component fuel approach.
- The intensified wall wetting and the remaining wall film mass after
compression for early injection timings could only be represented correctly with the multi-component fuel definition.
- The fast wall film vaporisation of the single-component fuel led to an
- verestimation of the charge homogenisation and the fuel vapour fraction
especially close to the spark plug.
- For operating points where only low wall film masses are to be expected
the single-component approach is a reasonable simplification.
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Summary and Outlook
- At the test bench a sharp increase of soot emissions was measured
when the start of injection exceeded a critical limit.
- With a 7 component fuel approach it was possible to calculate a
remaining wall film mass after compression that correlated with the measured soot number.
- In contrast, the single-component fuel led to considerable differences in
wall film mass and lambda distribution for an early injection.
- Therefore, the multi-component fuel approach has a big potential
especially for operating points with intensified wall wetting e.g. cold start conditions and for a following combustion calculation where lambda needs to be as accurate as possible.
- For alternative fuels with a higher heat of vaporisation like ethanol, a
moving mesh simulation with solid piston cells would be necessary to account for the intensified wall cooling.
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