Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Publication Date

2020

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Source Publication

Combustion Theory and Modelling

Source ISSN

1364-7830

Abstract

The present study investigates the formation and evolution of soot and NOX in a high-pressure constant-volume combustion chamber. This work focuses on the effect of multiphase thermal radiation and O2 dilution in ambient/exhaust gases, some- times also referred to as exhaust gas recirculation(EGR), qualitatively and quantitatively. The spray-A case (n-dodecane as fuel) from Engine Combustion Network (ECN) is used as the target condition. Two different soot modeling approaches have been considered: a semi-empirical two-equation model and a detailed method of moments with interpolative closure (MOMIC) model. A multiphase photon Monte Carlo (PMC) solver with line-by-line (LBL) spectral data is used to resolve radiative heat transfer. Results show that effect of radiation on soot is minimal in spray-A. Inclusion of radiation modeling, on the other hand, marginally reduce NO prediction. Both peak soot and NO formation increases with O2 content in the ambient gas. Oxygen content in ambient gas is also found to have significant effect on soot sizes as the mean soot diameter increases along with considerable widening of the diameter distribution with the increase of O2 percentage in the ambient gas.

Comments

Accepted version. Combustion Theory and Modelling, Vol. 24, No. 3 (2020): 549-572. DOI. © 2020 Taylor & Francis. Used with permission.

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