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Tutorial 12 - .Pub - Incylinder-Cold-Flow-Simulation-Inside-An-Si-Engine-Fluent-2006 PDF
Tutorial 12 - .Pub - Incylinder-Cold-Flow-Simulation-Inside-An-Si-Engine-Fluent-2006 PDF
Introduction
The purpose of this tutorial is to illustrate the case setup and solution of the two dimen-
sional, four stroke spark ignition (SI) engine with port injection.
SI engines are of extreme importance to the auto industry. The efficiency of an SI engine
depends on several complicated processes including induction, mixture preparation, com-
bustion, and exhaust flow. CFD analysis has been used extensively to improve each of
these processes. This tutorial simulates the intake, compression, expansion, and exhaust
processes without fuel combustion. Port injection is modeled and evaporation of fuel
droplets is simulated. The interaction of the fuel spray with the intake valve is modeled
through the wall film modeling features available in FLUENT.
In this tutorial you will learn how to:
• Use of the Discrete Phase Model (DPM) for simulating port injection.
Prerequisites
This tutorial assumes that you have little experience with FLUENT but are familiar with
the interface.
Problem Description
The IC engine simulation is probably one of the most interesting engineering problems
in the field of computational fluid dynamics. Port injection is used for efficient air/fuel
mixing and fuel distribution in multi-cylinder engines.
In this tutorial, you will consider a two dimensional engine with inlet and exit valves. The
engine is running at 2000 rpm. The intake, compression, expansion and exhaust processes
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are simulated without considering fuel combustion. The port injection is modeled and
evaporation of fuel droplets is included. The interaction of the fuel spray with the intake
valve is modeled through the wall film modeling features available in FLUENT.
Preparation
1. Copy the mesh file, In Cylinder.msh and the profile file, valve.prof to your
working directory.
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Check the domain extents to see if they correspond to the actual physical dimensions.
Otherwise the grid has to be scaled with proper units.
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It can be observed that the domain is divided into several fluid zones. A few
zones are meshed with quadrilateral elements and the remaining zones are
meshed with triangular elements. Further, the area above the valve has non-
conformal interfaces. The purpose of such meshing and domain decomposition
is to maximize the use of the layering method with the moving and deforming
mesh (MDM) model.
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Step 2: Models
The problem is to be solved as unsteady with turbulence effects considered.
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iii. Under Breakup Constants, retain the default value of 0 for y0.
This parameter is the dimensionless droplet distortion at t = 0.
(c) Click OK to close the Discrete Phase Model panel.
Step 3: Materials
Define −→Materials...
1. Select ideal-gas law density formulation from the Density drop-down list.
2. Click Change/Create.
3. Copy the evaporating species properties.
n-heptane-liquid droplets will evaporate to c7h16 vapors. But this species is not
available in the present mixture.
(a) Click Fluent Database....
The Fluent Database Materials panel opens.
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Step 4: Injection
In this step, you will define the characteristics of the fuel injection.
Define −→Injections...
1. Click Create.
The Set Injection Properties panel opens.
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i. Retain the default conditions for Gauge Total Pressure and Supersonic/Initial
Gauge Pressure.
ii. Set the Total Temperature to 318 K.
iii. Select the Intensity and Hydraulic Diameter option from Turbulence Speci-
fication Method drop down list as shown above.
iv. Set the Turbulence Intensity to 1 %.
v. Set the Hydraulic Diameter to 0.06 m.
vi. Click OK to close the panel.
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(a) Click the DPM tab to set the DPM boundary controls.
(b) In the Boundary Cond. Type drop-down list, select wall-film.
(c) Under Film Model Parameters, retain the Number Of Splashed Drops at 4.
(d) Click OK to close the panel.
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4. Click Create.
6. Click Close.
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Parameter Value
Spring Constant Factor 0.9
Boundary Node Relaxation 0.2
Retain the Convergence Tolerance and Number of Iterations at 0.001 and 20
respectively.
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You may need to press the <Enter> key to get the > prompt.
> define/models/dynamic-mesh-controls
/define/models/dynamic-mesh-controls> icp
/define/models/dynamic-mesh-controls/in-cylinder-parameter> ppl
#f
Lift Profile:(1) [()] in-valve
Lift Profile:(2) [()] ex-valve
Lift Profile:(3) [()] <Enter>
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(a) Specify the motion and other parameters for cylinder-tri zone.
i. In the Zone Names drop-down list, select cylinder-tri.
ii. Under Type, select Deforming.
iii. Under the Meshing Options tab, set the following:
A. Under Methods, enable Smoothing and Remeshing.
B. Under Zone Parameters, set the Minimum Length Scale, Maximum Length
Scale and Maximum Cell Skewness to 0.0009, 0.0011, and 0.6, respec-
tively.
iv. Click Create.
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(b) Specify the motion and other parameters for exhaust-seat-ib zone.
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(e) Click the Define... button to open the Define Event panel and set the following:
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the inlet and exhaust port are not of our interest. During this period, these zones
are deactivated to speed up the solution. Deactivated zones are not available for
post-processing and hence, will not be displayed while creating the animations.
The Time Step Size displayed in the read-only text field corresponds to 0.5 degree
crank angle and is based on the crankshaft speed and crank angle increment param-
eters defined earlier.
(a) Specify the Number of Time Steps as 1440.
This corresponds to four full revolutions of the crankshaft.
(b) Click Preview to preview the mesh motion.
As the mesh is updated by FLUENT, messages appear in the console window
reporting the progress of the update.
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5. Enable the writing of averaged pressure and temperature in the domain during the
calculation by defining volume monitors.
Solve −→ Monitors −→Volume...
The Volume Monitors panel opens.
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6. Set up an animation for velocity, C7 H16 mole fraction and DPM injection.
(a) Display filled contours of velocity magnitude.
Display −→Contours...
i. Select Velocity... and Velocity Magnitude in the Contours of drop-down
lists.
ii. Under Options, enable Filled.
iii. Click Display.
iv. Use the mouse button to reposition the geometry as shown in the Fig-
ure 12.4.
Note: The piston is at TDC and during the solution; the computational
domain will expand up to the BDC. Therefore leave sufficient space
for domain expansion.
v. Close the Contours panel.
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Name Command
command-2 disp cont molef-c7h16 0 1e-3
command-3 disp view res-view view-0
command-4 disp hard-copy "species-%t.tif"
command-5 disp set-window 2
command-6 disp cont velo-mag 0 100
command-7 disp view res-view view-0
command-8 disp hard-copy "velocity-%t.tif"
command-9 disp set-window 3
command-10 disp part-track part-track part-dia , , 0.1e-6 50e-6
command-11 disp view res-view view-0
command-12 disp hard-copy "injection-%t.tif"
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1. Display filled contours of C7 H16 mass fraction at the 540 degree crank angle position
(Figure 12.7).
(a) Read the files In Cylinder0360.cas.gz and In Cylinder0360.dat.gz back
into FLUENT.
File −→ Read −→Case & Data...
(b) Display filled contours of C7 H16 mass fraction (Figure 12.7).
Display −→Contours...
i. Select Species... and Mass fraction of c7h16 in the Contours of drop-down
lists.
ii. Click Display.
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Summary
Use of In-Cylinder model capabilities has been illustrated for cold flow simulation inside
the SI engine. All, suction, compression, expansion and exhaust strokes are simulated.
The Discrete Phase Model is used for simulating fuel injection, evaporation, and droplet
boiling.
References
Fluent User’s Guide:
http://www.fluentusers.com/fluent/doc/ori/html/ug/main pre.htm
Exercises/Discussions
1. What will be the effect on fuel vaporization in each of the following situations:
(a) The inlet pressure is increased.
(b) The exhaust pressure is increased.
(c) The crank speed is increased.
(d) Valve timing diagram is changed.
2. What will be the effect on volumetric efficiency in each of the following situations:
(a) The inlet pressure is increased.
(b) The exhaust pressure is increased.
(c) The crank speed is increased.
(d) Valve timing diagram is changed.
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