Fuel Autoignition Behavior

Bradley Zigler

Research output: NRELManagement

Abstract

Co-development of new high-performance chemistries and high-efficiency internal combustion engines requires fast, accurate numerical simulations of critical processes to evaluate the interaction between fuel ignition behavior and advanced combustion strategies. These numerical simulations rely on accurate computational fluid dynamics (CFD) linked with fuel chemical kinetic mechanisms to model ignition and combustion performance during the engine cycle. Since fuel composition is complex, chemical kinetic mechanisms are based on surrogate compounds in representative blends. Simulation efficiency also typically requires the use of significantly reduced versions of kinetic mechanisms.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages6
StatePublished - 2020

Bibliographical note

See the Vehicle Technologies Office Advanced Engine and Fuel Technologies 2019 Annual Progress Report at https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2020/06/f75/VTO_2019_APR_ADV_FUEL_COMPILED_REPORT_compliant%20052020_0.pdf

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/MP-5400-78757

Keywords

  • advanced combustion engine
  • fuel ignition behavior
  • high-performance fuels
  • research fuels

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