Analysis of a 6 cylinder turbocharged HCCI engine using a detailed kinetic mechanism

Giuseppe Cantore, Luca Montorsi*, Fabian Mauss, Per Amnéus, Olof Erlandsson, Bengt Johansson, Thomas Morel

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Abstract

When analyzing HCCI combustion engine behavior, the integration of experimental tests and numerical simulations is crucial. Investigations of possible engine control strategies as a function of the different operating conditions have to take the behavior of the whole HCCI engine into account, including the effects both of the combustion process and of complex devices. Therefore the numerical simulation code must be able both to model accurately the gas-dynamic of the system and to evaluate the combustion chemical kinetics. This paper focuses on the coupling between the commercial one-dimensional fluid-dynamic GT-Power Code and our in-house detailed chemical kinetic Ignition Code. An interface has been developed in order to exchange information between the two codes: the Ignition Code considers as boundary conditions the GT-Power Code values provided for the gas composition at IVC and the pressure and temperature at every time step and passes back to GT-Power the burnt fuel fraction and stores in an external file the in cylinder gas composition. Thus the whole engine cycle can be accurately simulated, estimating the interactions between the gas-dynamics phenomena along the intake and exhaust pipes and through the valves, and the chemical processes occurring during the closed valves period. This tool makes it possible to analyze the engine behavior under duty cycle operating conditions, and therefore it represents a useful support to the experimental measurements, reducing the number of tests required to assess the proper engine control strategies.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationASME 2002 Internal Combustion Engine Division Spring Technical Conference, ICES2002
Pages135-146
Number of pages12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002
Externally publishedYes
EventASME 2002 Internal Combustion Engine Division Spring Technical Conference, ICES2002 - Rockford, IL, United States
Duration: Apr 14 2002Apr 17 2002

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Spring Technical Conference of the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division
ISSN (Print)1529-6598

Other

OtherASME 2002 Internal Combustion Engine Division Spring Technical Conference, ICES2002
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityRockford, IL
Period04/14/0204/17/02

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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