Abstract
This paper presents the numerical study of soot formation and oxidation processes across different ambient temperatures (900K, 1000K, and 1100K) and oxygen levels (15% and 21% O2) using large eddy simulation coupled with a two-equation soot model. The predicted ignition delay time, lift-off length and soot distribution show good agreements with the corresponding experimental data. A stronger oxidation of the precursor (C2H2) in the 21% O2 cases results in a lower C2H2 formed, as compared to the 15% O2 cases. The increasing ambient temperature leads to the fuel-richer region (roughly equivalence ratio > 1.6) becoming more favorable for C2H2 formation and, consequently, soot formation. This is more apparent in the 15% O2 cases due to a weaker oxidation of C2H2 via O and OH radicals. As a result, the difference in the soot mass between the 15% and 21% O2 cases becomes larger as the ambient temperature increases. The effects of ambient temperature and O2 level on soot sub-processes are investigated. In addition to the flame temperature, OH mass and soot surface area are the dominant parameters in the oxidation processes via OH and O2 at varying O2 levels, respectively.
Highlights
Diesel engines have been widely used in the transportation sectors due to their high thermal efficiency and fuel economy
This paper presents the numerical study of soot formation and oxidation processes across different ambient temperatures (900 K, 1000 K, and 1100 K) and oxygen levels (15% and 21% O2) using large eddy simulation coupled with a two-equation soot model
The study demonstrated that the difference in the soot mass between these two O2 levels becomes larger as the ambient temperature increases
Summary
Diesel engines have been widely used in the transportation sectors due to their high thermal efficiency and fuel economy. Shen et al [10] investigated the soot particles in a heavy duty diesel engine at high exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) levels. Notable efforts were devoted to the study of soot formation during the diesel spray combustion process in a constant volume chamber with controllable temperature and pressure, which are used to mimic diesel engine-like conditions [11,12]. Cenker et al [8] investigated the effect of varying ambient temperatures (900 K and 1000 K) and O2 levels (13% to 21%) on soot formation and oxidation in Spray A using laser-induced incandescence imaging. The change of the global soot mass trend with respect to varying ambient temperatures and O2 levels was presented. The effects of the ambient temperatures and O2 levels on soot
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