DI Diesel Performance and Emissions Models

Abstract

Development of models for direct injection diesel performance and emissions Of NOx and soot are the goals of this research. The simplest models investigated are flame temperature correlations. These correlations are semi-empirical tools that provide insight into the effects of dilution on NOx, particulate, and HC emissions and can be used by the design or calibration engineer to reduce the number of engine tests required. A characteristic time model for NOx emissions bas been used to study the mixing processes in diesel engines and extended to study multiple injections, water/steam dilution, and the results of NO injection tests. This NOx model was also modified to calculate the NO formed in the cylinder as a function of time and was shown to correlate engine-out NOx emissions for four diesel engines. Development of a cycle simulation code is also underway. Primary emphasis bas been placed on the study of the ignition and combustion submodels for this code.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 11, 2003
Accession Number
ADA415559

Entities

People

  • A. M. Mellor
  • W. L. Easley

Organizations

  • Vanderbilt University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Autoignition
  • Boundary Layer
  • Burning Rate
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Combustion Products
  • Compression Ignition
  • Compression Ignition Engines
  • Diesel Engines
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Vaporization
  • Ignition
  • Ignition Lag
  • Internal Combustion Engines
  • Mechanical Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Technology.