In-Cylinder Diagnostics to Overcome Efficiency Barriers in Natural Gas Engines (LDRD 200166)
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
The high-level objective of this project is to solve national-security problems associated with petroleum use, cost, and environmental impacts by enabling more efficient use of natural-gas-fueled internal combustion engines. An improved science-base on end-gas autoignition, or “knock,” is required to support engineering of more efficient engine designs through predictive modeling. An existing optical diesel engine facility is retrofitted for natural gas fueling with laser-spark-ignition combustion to provide in-cylinder imaging and pressure data under knocking combustion. Zero-dimensional chemical-kinetic modeling of autoignition, adiabatically constrained by the measured cylinder pressure, isolates the role of autoignition chemistry. OH* chemiluminescence imaging reveals six different categories of knock onset that depend on proximity to engine surfaces and the in-cylinder deflagration. Modeling results show excellent prediction regardless of the knock category, thereby validating state-of-the-art kinetic mechanisms. The results also provide guidance for future work to build a science base on the factors that affect the deflagration rate.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 1474794
- Report Number(s):
- SAND--2018-10651; 668246
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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