Abstract
The current computational fluid dynamics (CFD) study presents the effect of piston bowl geometry on the performance and emissions of a direct-injection diesel engine. Different piston bowl profiles, namely, hemispherical combustion chamber (HCC), shallow depth combustion chamber (SCC) and toroidal combustion chamber (TCC), have been created with a baseline compression ratio of 17.5. CONVERGETM CFD code coupled with the SAGE combustion model was used for numerical analysis. It is observed that the TCC piston bowl geometry renders better air–fuel mixture inside the cylinder, which leads to a homogeneous charge. Further, numerical experiments are carried out to analyze suitable TCC piston bowl geometry by varying the depth of the bowl. Out of all the cases, the case with 1.26 mm decrease in depth of bowl from the baseline (TCC) design gives better emissions and performance characteristics.
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