Large eddy simulation of intake and spray process in a GDI engine

  • Fang Wang
  • , Zhi Wang*
  • , Shi Jin Shuai
  • , Jian Xin Wang
  • , Lei Zhou
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The intake and spray process in a gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine was simulated using LES to investigate the characteristics of the turbulent fluctuations above sub-grid length scale and its effects on the mixture formation. A k-equation SGS model was implemented in the KIVA-Chemkin code. The flow field in the combustion chamber during intake and spray process was simulated and the effects of turbulence fluctuations on velocity fields, turbulent viscosity and turbulent kinetic energy distribution were analyzed. The simulation results predict the variation of tumble ratio, averaged turbulence kinetic energy, velocity fields and mixture distribution with crank angles. Compared with RANS method, the LES method predicts better transient result of the tumble motion and mixture formation during spray process.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2174-2177
Number of pages4
JournalKung Cheng Je Wu Li Hsueh Pao/Journal of Engineering Thermophysics
Volume34
Issue number11
StatePublished - Nov 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Flow
  • Gasoline engine
  • GDI
  • LES
  • Spray

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