Modeling Engine Spray and Combustion Processes

Modeling Engine Spray and Combustion Processes
Author: Gunnar Stiesch
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2013-06-29
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3662087901

The utilization of mathematical models to numerically describe the performance of internal combustion engines is of great significance in the development of new and improved engines. Today, such simulation models can already be viewed as standard tools, and their importance is likely to increase further as available com puter power is expected to increase and the predictive quality of the models is constantly enhanced. This book describes and discusses the most widely used mathematical models for in-cylinder spray and combustion processes, which are the most important subprocesses affecting engine fuel consumption and pollutant emissions. The relevant thermodynamic, fluid dynamic and chemical principles are summarized, and then the application of these principles to the in-cylinder processes is ex plained. Different modeling approaches for the each subprocesses are compared and discussed with respect to the governing model assumptions and simplifica tions. Conclusions are drawn as to which model approach is appropriate for a specific type of problem in the development process of an engine. Hence, this book may serve both as a graduate level textbook for combustion engineering stu dents and as a reference for professionals employed in the field of combustion en gine modeling. The research necessary for this book was carried out during my employment as a postdoctoral scientist at the Institute of Technical Combustion (ITV) at the Uni versity of Hannover, Germany and at the Engine Research Center (ERC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.

Fundamentals of Combustion Processes

Fundamentals of Combustion Processes
Author: Sara McAllister
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2011-05-10
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1441979433

Fundamentals of Combustion Processes is designed as a textbook for an upper-division undergraduate and graduate level combustion course in mechanical engineering. The authors focus on the fundamental theory of combustion and provide a simplified discussion of basic combustion parameters and processes such as thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, ignition, diffusion and pre-mixed flames. The text includes exploration of applications, example exercises, suggested homework problems and videos of laboratory demonstrations

Heat-transfer Processes in Liquid-cooled Engine Cylinders

Heat-transfer Processes in Liquid-cooled Engine Cylinders
Author: Benjamin Pinkel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 64
Release: 1945
Genre: Charts, diagrams, etc
ISBN:

An analysis based on forced-convection heat-transfer theory, similar to the analysis presented for air-cooled engines in NACA Report No. 612, is made of the cooling processes in liquid-cooled engine cylinders. Semi-empirical equations that relate the average head and barrel temperatures with the primary engine and coolant parameters are derived.