Combustion Model for Biodiesel-Fueled Engine Simulations using Realistic Chemistry and Physical Properties

SAE International Journal of Engines

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 931-947

  Brakora, Jessica L ^a   Ra, Youngchul ^b   Reitz, Rolf D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; BIO-DIESEL FUEL; CHEMICAL LUMPING; COMBUSTION EXPERIMENTS; COMBUSTION MODEL; DETAILED CHEMISTRY; DIRECTED RELATION GRAPH; ENGINE MODELS; ENGINE SIMULATION; FUEL COMPONENTS; HEAT RELEASE RATES; IGNITION DELAY TIME; LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORIES; LIQUID PENETRATION; METHYL DECANOATE; MULTICOMPONENT MODEL; N-HEPTANES; NOX PREDICTION; OPERATING CONDITION; REDUCED MECHANISMS; SOY METHYL ESTERS; SPRAY MODEL; SPRAY VAPORIZATION; TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS;

BIODIESEL; COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINES; EXPERIMENTS; FORECASTING; HEPTANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; REACTION RATES; SYNTHETIC FUELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 79959536712     PISSN: 19463936     EISSN: 19463944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2011-01-0831     Document Type: Article

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