Inflammability evaluation of hydrocarbon fuels mixtures formed directly in the combustion chamber
The proposed paper involves an investigation of the processes taking place during the preparation of mixed fuels that are combined directly before combustion. The fuel dose formed in this way must take into account the qualitative and quantitative composition of the fuels and the amount of air in the process. Given that liquid fuels similar to gasoline (e.g. methanol, ethanol, butanol) are characterized by different properties, their comparison would be useful in order to use their ratio to influence the combustion process. The process of fuel preparation plays a decisive role in this issue. The paper describes abilities of modelling the injection of various fuels simultaneously to the combustion chamber for creating fuel mixture directly before ignition. First part of the paper consists of analysis of light hydrocarbon fuels mixing abilities, supported with present research data. Following part describes the evaluation of execution of the assumed system – two fuel injectors with analysis of spray penetration. The modelling of the injection and spray was performed in the AVL FIRE 2014.2 environment and the results were presented. The possibility of injection was proved by injecting the fuel to the model combustion chamber. Local values of air-fuel ratio, density and ambient pressure were presented to better understand the potential in mixing fuels directly before ignition. The conclusion includes description of fuel mixing abilities, influence of various fuels on creation of stratified mixture and definition of controllability of charge ignition.
Tematyka artykułu: Systemy wtrysku paliwa i tworzenia mieszaniny palnej
Autor: mgr inż. Maciej Sidorowicz
Współautor(zy): dr hab. inż. Ireneusz Pielecha, prof. PP