Large eddy simulation of combustion recession: Effects of ambient temperature and injection pressure

Min Zhang, Jiun Cai Ong*, Kar Mun Pang, Shijie Xu, Yan Zhang, Arash Nemati, Xue-Song Bai, Jens Honore Walther

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Abstract

In the present study, large eddy simulation is used to investigate combustion recession for the Engine Combustion Network Spray A flame at two ambient temperatures (850 K and 800 K) and two injection pressures (100 MPa and 50 MPa). The present numerical results are able to capture different combustion recession phenomena after the end-of-injection (AEOI). With an injection pressure of 100 MPa, the model predicts a ‘‘separated’’ combustion recession at the ambient temperature of 850 K and no combustion recession at the ambient temperature of 800 K, in which both predictions correspond to the measurements. The combustion recession is mainly controlled by the auto-ignition process at the ambient temperature of 850 K. At the ambient temperature of 800 K, the local temperature within the fuel-rich region is not high enough to promote the hightemperature ignition process. As time progresses, the mixture within the fuel-rich region rapidly transitions to become an overly fuel-lean mixture, which further hinders high-temperature ignition to occur. Nonetheless, it is shown that lowering the injection pressure to 50 MPa causes the combustion recession to occur at the
ambient temperature of 800 K. This is likely attributed to the low injection case having a lower air entrainment rate AEOI, which causes the mixtures upstream of the lift-off position to transition slower from fuel-rich to fuel-lean mixtures.
Original languageEnglish
Article number128831
JournalFuel
Volume351
Number of pages9
ISSN0016-2361
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Keywords

  • Ambient temperature
  • Combustion recession
  • End-of-injection
  • Flamelet Generated Manifold
  • Injection pressure

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