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Maciej Mikulski

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Sławomir Wierzbicki

VALIDATION OF A ZERO-DIMENSIONAL AND 2-PHASE COMBUSTION MODEL FOR DUAL-FUEL COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE SIMULATION

ABSTRACT
Increasing demands for the reduction of exhaust emissions and the pursuit to re-duce the use of fossil fuels require the search for new fuelling technologies in combustion engines. One of the most promising technologies is the multi-fuel compression ignition engine concept, in which a small dose of liquid fuel injected directly into the cylinder acts as the ignition inhibitor of the gaseous fuel. Achieving the optimum combustion process in such an engine requires the application of advanced control algorithms which require mathematical modelling support. In response to the growing demand for new simulation tools, a 0-D model of a dual-fuel engine was proposed and validated. The validation was performed in a broad range of engine operating points, including various speeds and load condition, as well as different natural gas/diesel blend ratios. It was demonstrated that the average model calculation error within the entire cycle did not exceed 6.2%, and was comparable to the measurement results cycle to cycle variations. The maximum model calculation error in a single point of a cycle was 15% for one of the complex (multipoint injection) cases. In other cases, it did not exceed 11%.
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dual-fuel, natural gas, zero-dimensional model, reaction kinetics
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2016-01-27
PAPER REVISED: 2016-03-15
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2016-03-28
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2016-04-09
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI160127076M
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2017, VOLUME 21, ISSUE Issue 1, PAGES [387 - 399]
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