Influence of intake manifold design on in-cylinder flow and engine performances in a bus diesel engine converted to LPG gas fuelled, using CFD analyses and experimental investigations

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2701-2715

  Jemni, Mohamed Ali ^a   Kantchev, Gueorgui ^a   Abid, Mohamed Salah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Alternative fuels; CFD; Experiment; In flow; Intake manifold; Model of turbulence

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; AUTOMOBILES; BRAKES; BUSES; COMBUSTION; COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CRUDE OIL; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DIESEL ENGINES; ENERGY RESOURCES; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINES; EXPERIMENTS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GAS ENGINES; GEOMETRY; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; MACHINE DESIGN; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENCE MODELS;

BRAKE SPECIFIC FUEL CONSUMPTION; BRAKE THERMAL EFFICIENCY; BRAKE TORQUE; CFD; CFD ANALYSIS; CFD CODES; DIESEL EXHAUST EMISSIONS; ECOLOGICAL PROBLEM; EFFECTIVE SOLUTION; ENERGY EQUATION; ENGINE PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; GEOMETRY EFFECTS; HEAVY DUTY; IN-CYLINDER FLOWS; IN-FLOW; INTAKE MANIFOLD; NAVIER STOKES; PETROLEUM GAS; SPARK IGNITION ENGINES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELING; URBAN BUS; URBAN CENTERS;

AUTOMOBILE ENGINE MANIFOLDS;

AERODYNAMICS; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CRUDE OIL; DESIGN; DIESEL ENGINE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOMETRY; LABORATORY METHOD; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NATURAL GAS; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 79955650467     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.02.011     Document Type: Article

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