Heptane and Dodecane as surrogates of diesel fuel, a comparison with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

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  • A. L. Delgado-Mejia Magister en Ingeniería: Energética – Ingeniero Mecánico. Institución Universitaria Pascual Bravo
  • L. C. Olmos-Villalba Magister en Ingeniería: Energética – Ingeniero Mecánico. Institución Universitaria Pascual Bravo

Palabras clave:

CFD, combustible sustituto, diésel, inyección, chorro

Resumen

This paper has made a comparative study between two reference fuels such as n-heptane and  n-dodecane,  both  widely  used  as  surrogates  for  diesel  fuel  in  several  studies concerning  on  injection,  combustion  and  emissions  formation  in  CI  engines.  In  order  to achieve  this  it  has  been  simulated  the  injection,  evaporation  and  auto  ignition  of  both fuels, using a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) package. Results have been validated with experimental data provided by SANDIA laboratories, conducted at different operating conditions and with different fuels. The comparison is made in terms of typical parameters such as liquid penetration length, the flame lift-off and the ignition delay time.Results  indicated  that  there  are  a  good  concordance  between  CFD  simulation  and experimentation, when each surrogate fuel is compared. Nevertheless, when they were compared  to  D2  fuel,  the  n-heptane  was  the  surrogate  that  best  matched  the  D2  fuel behavior, in terms of Lift-Off length and ignition delay time.

 

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2015-06-30

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Delgado-Mejia, A. L., & Olmos-Villalba, L. C. (2015). Heptane and Dodecane as surrogates of diesel fuel, a comparison with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Revista CINTEX, 20(1), 97–110. Recuperado a partir de https://revistas.pascualbravo.edu.co/index.php/cintex/article/view/32

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