Wednesday, January 23, 2013

A mixing controlled direct chemistry (MCDC) model for diesel engine combustion modelling using large eddy simulation

Combustion Theory and Modelling, Volume 16, Issue 3, 2012 , pages 571-588, DOI:10.1080/13647830.2011.642819
A mixing controlled direct chemistry (MCDC) model for diesel engine combustion modelling using large eddy simulation
Yuxin Zhang a & Christopher J. Rutland a
a Engine Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
Abstract
Describes evaluation of a mixing controlled direct chemistry (MCDC) combustion model with sub-grid scale (SGS) mixing effects and chemical kinetics for Large Eddy Simulation (LES) of diesel engine combustion. Researchers modeled the mixing effect by a mixing timescale based on mixture fraction variance and sub-grid scalar dissipation rate.
They modeled the SGS scalar dissipation rate using a similarity term and a scaling factor from the analysis of Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) data. Estimates of the chemical reaction progress were obtained from a kinetic timescale based on local internal energy change rate and equilibrium state internal energy. An optical research engine operating at conventional operating conditions and Low Temperature Combustion (LTC) conditions was used for evaluation of the combustion model. From the simulation results, the effect of SGS scalar mixing is evaluated at different stages of combustion. In the context of LES, the new approach provides improved engine modeling results compared to the Direct Chemistry Solver (DCS) combustion model.
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