The effect of injection timing and intake valve close timing on performance and emissions of diesel PCCI engine with a full engine cycle CFD simulation

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2967-2975

  Jia, Ming ^a   Xie, Maozhao ^a   Wang, Tianyou ^b   Peng, Zhijun ^c  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Intake valve closing (IVC); Premixed charge compression ignition (PCCI); Variable valve actuation (VVA)

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; FUEL ECONOMY; HYDROCARBONS; IGNITION; NITRIC OXIDE; SOOT;

CFD SIMULATIONS; CLEAN COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION EFFICIENCIES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; CONTOUR PLOT; DETAILED CHEMICAL KINETIC; ENGINE KNOCK; IGNITION TIMING; INJECTION TIMING; INTAKE PRESSURE; INTAKE VALVE CLOSING (IVC); OPERATING RANGES; PERFORMANCE AND EMISSIONS; PREMIXED CHARGE COMPRESSION IGNITION; PREMIXED CHARGE COMPRESSION IGNITION (PCCI); SOOT EMISSIONS; SPECIFIC FUEL CONSUMPTION; START OF INJECTIONS; VARIABLE VALVE ACTUATION (VVA);

INTAKE VALVES;

COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIESEL ENGINE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXHAUST EMISSION; NITRIC OXIDE; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOOT;

EID: 79955480566     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.03.024     Document Type: Article

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