Experimental and numerical investigation of the Advanced Fuel Ignition Delay Analyzer (AFIDA) constant-volume combustion chamber as a research platform for fuel chemical kinetic mechanism validation

Luecke, Jon; Rahimi, Mohammad; Zigler, Bradley; Grout, Ray

doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116929

Experimental and numerical investigation of the Advanced Fuel Ignition Delay Analyzer (AFIDA) constant-volume combustion chamber as a research platform for fuel chemical kinetic mechanism validation

Journal Article · Thu Jan 02 23:00:00 EST 2020 · Fuel

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116929· OSTI ID:1592084

^[1]; Rahimi, Mohammad ^[1]; ^[1]; Grout, Ray ^[1]

National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Advanced combustion engine strategies that can offer increased efficiency and reduced emissions are enabled by numerical engine combustion simulations, requiring accurate chemical kinetic mechanism input. The Advanced Fuel Ignition Delay Analyzer (AFIDA) device can perform high quality, repeatable measurements of ignition delay (ID) times using small fuel quantities with high throughput. The AFIDA experiments involve liquid fuel injection into the heated and pressurized constant-volume chamber, producing an autoignition delay resulting from a combination of physical mixing and chemical kinetic processes, a complexity which makes the development of complementary numerical models necessary for the development and validation of chemical kinetic mechanisms. Modeling the device based on a homogenous approximation with reduced primary reference fuel (PRF) mechanism shows up to 75% error in the modeled vs. observed autoignition delay data for n-heptane and iso-octane at 10 bar (..phi.. = 1.2-0.8) and 20 bar (..phi.. = 0.6-0.4) over 973-648 K, whereas the use of a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model reduces the discrepancy to within 25%. The homogenous approximation error is greatest for conditions where the observed ignition delay is short and the system is not sufficiently mixed (<30 ms), providing guidance to select a homogenous reactor vs. CFD modeling approach based upon desired accuracy. Experimental 20 bar iso-octane ID results show a larger magnitude of negative temperature coefficient chemistry compared to numerical results, indicating possible deficiencies in the PRF chemical kinetic mechanism. This characterization demonstrates the AFIDA as a capable research platform for chemical kinetic model development and validation.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Bioenergy Technologies Office (EE-3B)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1592084

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1593198

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA--5400-75523; MainId:20136; UUID:a5348c4d-c60f-ea11-9c2a-ac162d87dfe5; MainAdminID:8612

Journal Information:: Fuel, Journal Name: Fuel Vol. 265; ISSN 0016-2361

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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