Investigating the effect of crevice flow on internal combustion engines using a new simple crevice model implemented in a CFD code

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-126

  Rakopoulos, C D ^a   Kosmadakis, G M ^a   Dimaratos, A M ^a   Pariotis, E G ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HELLENIC NAVAL ACADEMY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blow by; CFD code; Crevice model; Engine; Heat transfer; Motoring

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINES; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINES; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; IGNITION; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; VELOCITY;

BLOW-BY; CALIBRATION CONSTANTS; CFD CODES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS CODES; IN-CYLINDER PRESSURES; MOTORING; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CYLINDER; ENGINE; HEAT TRANSFER; LABORATORY METHOD; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 77957308435     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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