TY - JOUR
TI - A comprehensive numerical study of the ethanol blended fuel effect on the performance and pollutant emissions in spark-ignition engine
AU - Zangooee Motlagh Mohammad Reza
AU - Modarres Razavi Mohammad Reza
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2014
VL - 18
IS - 1
SP - 29
EP - 38
PT - Article
AB - In the present work, the performance and pollutant emissions in a spark  ignition engine has been numerically investigated. For this purpose, the  coupled KIVA code with CHEMKIN is used to predict the thermodynamic state of  the cylinder charge during each cycle. Computations were carried out for a  four cylinder, four strokes, multi point injection system (XU7 engine).  Numerical cases have been performed up to 30% vol. of ethanol. Engine  simulations are carried out at 2000, 2500 and 3000 rpm and full load  condition. The numerical results showed that pollutant emissions reduce with  increase in ethanol content. Based on engine performance, the most suitable  fraction of ethanol in the blend was found to be nearly 15% for the XU7  engine.