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Three-dimensional computations of flow and fuel injection in an engine intake port

Journal Article · · Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power; (United States)
OSTI ID:5747230
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  1. Engine Research Dept., General Motors Research Lab., Warren, MI (US)

This paper reports on an existing multidimensional in-cylinder flow code, KIVA, modified to calculate gas flow and fuel injection in a simplified (no valve stem and simplified valve-head geometry) engine intake port. A single-cylinder engine simulation program was used to specify the initial and boundary conditions for flow calculations. A previously developed spray model was also used to stimulate pressure-atomized spray with iso-octane as the fuel. Three cases with increasing degrees of complexity were considered: an impulsively started port flow with both port ends open (the inlet-boundary velocity was changed from zero to a finite value at the start of computation), an impulsively started port flow with one port end partially blocked to simulate gas flow through the valve annulus, and port flow driven by the time-varying gas flow rate through the valve annulus calculated using a single-cylinder engine simulation program.

OSTI ID:
5747230
Journal Information:
Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power; (United States) Vol. 113:3; ISSN JETPE; ISSN 0742-4795
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English