Abstract
In-cylinder air flow is very important from the point of view of mixture formation and combustion. In this direction, intake chamber structure and piston crown shape play a very crucial role for in-cylinder air pattern of opposed-piston two-stroke (OP2S) engines. This study is concerned with the three-dimensional (3D) computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of in-cylinder air motion coupled with the comparison of predicted results with the zero-dimensional (0D) parametric model. Three configurations viz., a flat piston uniform scavenging chamber, a flat piston non-uniform scavenging chamber and a pit piston non-uniform scavenging chamber have been studied. 0D model analysis of in-cylinder air flow is consistent with 3D CFD simulation. It is concluded that a pit piston non-uniform scavenging chamber is the best design from the point of view of tumble ratio, turbulent kinetic energy and turbulent intensity, which play very important roles in imparting proper air motion. Meanwhile a flat piston uniform scavenging chamber can organize a higher swirl ratio and lower tumble ratio which is important to improve the scavenging process.
Highlights
The OP2S engine concept can be traced back to the late 1800s
The important conclusions derived from the simulation of in-cylinder air motion in an OP2S engine with different scavenging system configurations can be summarized as follows: (1) The coincidence of the 3D calculation results with the theoretical-interpretative results of the 0D
(2) The swirl ratio organized by uniform intake chamber is obviously higher than that obtained by a non-uniform intake chamber, while the non-uniform intake chamber can organize inclined-axis tumble, which increases turbulence kinetic energy (TKE) around inner dead center (IDC)
Summary
The OP2S engine concept can be traced back to the late 1800s. In the first half of the 20th century, OP2S engines were developed in multiple countries for a wide variety of applications. Modern emission regulations stopped widespread development of most two-stroke engines in the latter half of the 20th century [1]. OP2S engines have many fundamental advantages [8]. The opposed-piston structure characterized by two pistons reciprocating opposite to each other in a common cylinder, cancels the need for the cylinder head and valve mechanism, which leads to lower heat loss for a higher wall temperature with two piston crowns compared to a cylinder head, while the nearly symmetrical movement of opposed pistons leads to excellent engine balance, even for single cylinder configurations
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