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Computational Study of a Turbulent Jet Ignition System for Lean Burn Operation in a Rapid Compression Machine
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2015-01-0396
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Fully three-dimensional computational fluid dynamic simulations with detailed chemistry of a single-orifice turbulent jet ignition device installed in a rapid compression machine are presented. The simulations were performed using the computational fluid dynamics software CONVERGE and its RANS turbulence models. Simulations of propane fueled combustion are compared to data collected in the optically accessible rapid compression machine that the model's geometry is based on to establish the validity and limitations of the simulations and to compare the behavior of the different air-fuel ratios that are used in the simulations.
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Thelen, B., Gentz, G., and Toulson, E., "Computational Study of a Turbulent Jet Ignition System for Lean Burn Operation in a Rapid Compression Machine," SAE Technical Paper 2015-01-0396, 2015, https://doi.org/10.4271/2015-01-0396.Also In
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