A Chemical-Kinetic Approach to the Definition of the Laminar Flame Speed for the Simulation of the Combustion of Spark-Ignition Engines

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulio Cazzoli ◽  
Claudio Forte ◽  
Gian Marco Bianchi ◽  
Stefania Falfari ◽  
Sergio Negro
Keyword(s):  
Laminar Flame ◽  
Spark Ignition ◽  
Chemical Kinetic ◽  
Flame Speed ◽  
Kinetic Approach ◽  
Laminar Flame Speed ◽  
Spark Ignition Engines ◽  
Definition Of

Laminar flame speed correlations for methane, ethane, propane and their mixtures, and natural gas and gasoline for spark-ignition engine simulations

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 951-970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riccardo Amirante ◽  
Elia Distaso ◽  
Paolo Tamburrano ◽  
Rolf D Reitz
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Laminar Flame ◽  
Spark Ignition ◽  
Flame Speed ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Spark Ignition Engine ◽  
Computational Time ◽  
Laminar Flame Speed ◽  
Spark Ignition Engines ◽  
Empirical Correlations

The laminar flame speed plays an important role in spark-ignition engines, as well as in many other combustion applications, such as in designing burners and predicting explosions. For this reason, it has been object of extensive research. Analytical correlations that allow it to be calculated have been developed and are used in engine simulations. They are usually preferred to detailed chemical kinetic models for saving computational time. Therefore, an accurate as possible formulation for such expressions is needed for successful simulations. However, many previous empirical correlations have been based on a limited set of experimental measurements, which have been often carried out over a limited range of operating conditions. Thus, it can result in low accuracy and usability. In this study, measurements of laminar flame speeds obtained by several workers are collected, compared and critically analyzed with the aim to develop more accurate empirical correlations for laminar flame speeds as a function of equivalence ratio and unburned mixture temperature and pressure over a wide range of operating conditions, namely [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. The purpose is to provide simple and workable expressions for modeling the laminar flame speed of practical fuels used in spark-ignition engines. Pure compounds, such as methane and propane and binary mixtures of methane/ethane and methane/propane, as well as more complex fuels including natural gas and gasoline, are considered. A comparison with available empirical correlations in the literature is also provided.

A Laminar Burning Velocity Correlation for Hydrogen/Air Mixtures Valid at Spark-Ignition Engine Conditions

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Verhelst ◽  
Roger Sierens
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Kinetics ◽  
Laminar Flame ◽  
Burning Velocity ◽  
Spark Ignition ◽  
Flame Speed ◽  
Spark Ignition Engine ◽  
Laminar Flame Speed ◽  
Spark Ignition Engines ◽  
Laminar Burning Velocity ◽  
Velocity Correlation

During the development of a quasi-dimensional simulation programme for the combustion of hydrogen in spark-ignition engines, the lack of a suitable laminar flame speed formula for hydrogen/air mixtures became apparent. A literature survey shows that none of the existing correlations covers the entire temperature, pressure and mixture composition range as encountered in spark-ignition engines. Moreover, there is ambiguity concerning the pressure dependence of the laminar burning velocity of hydrogen/air mixtures. Finally, no data exists on the influence of residual gases. This paper looks at several reaction mechanisms found in the literature for the kinetics of hydrogen/oxygen mixtures, after which one is selected that corresponds best with available experimental data. An extensive set of simulations with a one-dimensional chemical kinetics code is performed to calculate the laminar flame speed of hydrogen/air mixtures, in a wide range of mixture compositions and initial pressures and temperatures. The use of a chemical kinetics code permits the calculation of any desired set of conditions and enables the estimation of interactions, e.g. between pressure and temperature effects. Finally, a laminar burning velocity correlation is presented, valid for air-to-fuel equivalence ratios λ between 1 and 3 (fuel-to-air equivalence ratio 0.33 < φ < 1), initial pressures between 1 bar and 16 bar, initial temperatures between 300 K and 800 K and residual gas fractions up to 30 vol%. These conditions are sufficient to cover the entire operating range of hydrogen fuelled spark-ignition engines.

On laminar flame speed correlations for H2/CO combustion in premixed spark ignition engines

2014 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
pp. 166-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emanuele Fanelli ◽  
Annarita Viggiano ◽  
Giacobbe Braccio ◽  
Vinicio Magi
Keyword(s):  
Laminar Flame ◽  
Spark Ignition ◽  
Flame Speed ◽  
Laminar Flame Speed ◽  
Spark Ignition Engines

scholarly journals Development of a chemical-kinetic database for the laminar flame speed under GDI and water injection engine conditions

2018 ◽  
Vol 148 ◽  
pp. 154-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulio Cazzoli ◽  
Stefania Falfari ◽  
Gian Marco Bianchi ◽  
Claudio Forte
Keyword(s):  
Laminar Flame ◽  
Water Injection ◽  
Chemical Kinetic ◽  
Flame Speed ◽  
Laminar Flame Speed
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