Understanding Soot Development and Thermal Stratification in Combustion Engines through Hyperspectral Non-linear Optical Diagnostics Development
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Progress towards next-generation internal combustion engine technologies is dramatically hindered by the complexity of both simulating and measuring key processes, such as thermal stratification and soot formation, in an operating prototype. In general, spectroscopic methods for in-operando probing become limitingly complex at the high pressures and temperature encountered in such systems, and numerical methods for simulating device performance become computationally expensive due to the turbulent flow field, detailed chemistry, and range of important length-scales involved. This report presents parallel experimental and theoretical advances to conquer these limitations. We report the development of high pressure and high temperature ultrafast coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy measurements, up to a pressure and temperature regime relevant to engine conditions. This report also presents theoretical results using a stochastic one-dimensional turbulence (ODT) model providing insight into the local thermochemical state and its consequences by resolving the full range of reaction-diffusion scales in a stochastic model.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
- OSTI ID:
- 1761344
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-2018-12506; 670924
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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