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ABSTRACT place inside the engine cylinder. In the present work are
The purpose of this paper is to present an alternative presented the results of the first step which is necessary
method to predict the temperature and flow field in a before expanding the analysis to describe the fired part of
motored internal combustion engine with bowl in piston. the engine as well.
For the fluid flow it is used a phenomenological model
which is coupled to a computational fluid dynamic method INTRODUCTION
to solve the energy conservation equation and therefore the Computer modeling of the various processes taking
temperature field. The proposed method has the advantage place inside the combustion chamber of a diesel engine has
of simplicity and low computational time. The advanced considerably and its contribution to the
computational procedure solves the energy conservation fundamental understanding of these processes is essential.
equation by a finite volume method, using a simplified air Depending on the objectives, various computer models
motion model (estimating axial and radial velocities) to have been developed that can predict the flow field inside
calculate the flow field. The finite volume discretization the engine, the spray behavior, the fuel-air mixing process,
employs the implicit temporal and hybrid central upwind the heat transfer, the combustion mechanism and the
spatial differencing. The grid used contracts and expands formation of pollutant emissions. The purpose of the
following the piston motion, and the number of nodes in the modeling defines which of these models should be used, in
direction of piston motion vary depending on the crank order to model the various processes effectively. There are
angle. The mean cylinder pressure, the local temperature two main categories of computer models. The first one is
distribution and the flow field are calculated at each crank based on empirical and phenomenological relations [1-4]∗ ,
angle. Experiments have been conducted in our Laboratory, whereas the second one is based on computational fluid
on a DI diesel engine with bowl in piston at various speeds dynamics [5-9]. The phenomenological models have the
and the experimental compression curve is compared with advantage of low computational time and simplicity, but do
the theoretical one. A very good agreement between the not offer enough information about the mixing and
predicted and the experimental cylinder pressure is combustion mechanism. On the other hand using a
observed. The results obtained provide information multidimensional CFD model the local characteristics of
concerning the distribution of gas temperature and gas the various processes can be predicted reliably, but these
velocity. The current model can be used either to examine models are very complex and require great computational
the combustion mechanism in homogeneous charge engines time and even these have limitations in their application.
or it can be combined with a jet model to develop a In this study a new simplified model has been
sophisticated but always simple model for the air-fuel developed to predict the spatial gas temperature distribution
mixing mechanism. This allow us to examine the and the flow field in a motored diesel engine. The present
combustion and pollutant formation mechanisms on an model offers a compromise between the simple
engine cycle basis, which is extremely difficult when using phenomenological models and the complex but more
sophisticated CFD models. Thus the current proposal seems detailed CFD ones. To check and validate the various sub-
to be a compromise between detailed CFD models and
sophisticated multi-zone phenomenological ones, offering
the advantage of low computational time and examining in
a more fundamental way compared to the *Numbers in brackets designate references at the end of the
phenomenological models the various processes taking paper.
models involved it was decided to describe initially the BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW MODEL
motored operation and in the future the fuel injection and As far as the computer model is concerned, a simple
combustion mechanisms will be modeled. flow diagram is given in Fig.1. At each time step the
The cylinder is divided in finite volumes (cells) where cylinder is divided in finite volumes (computational cells).
the energy conservation equation is numerically solved to The gas temperature and velocity is defined at each node of
calculate the temperature distribution. For the solution of the computational cells. The model consists of two sub-
the energy equation, the flow field has to be known. In this models that are related and solved simultaneously through
study, contrary to what usually CFD models do, the flow an iterative procedure. The flow model, which is the first,
field is computed by a newly developed phenomenological calculates the flow field, based on the assumption that the
gas motion model. In this way, the required computational pressure should be practically uniform inside the cylinder at
time is limited, while the model gives more information each time step [1,10] using an empirical method. The
compared to existing phenomenological models, but it spatial distribution of the density is calculated solving the
cannot replace CFD models for fundamental studies. equation of mass conservation at each computational cell.
At first an attempt was made to use the axial and radial On the other hand to predict the temperature field, the
velocities calculated by a widely used and simple energy conservation equation is numerically solved by the
phenomenological gas motion model which is presented in finite volume technique using the velocities and the
Appendix A. Given that this model gives the values of the densities at each computational cell estimated from the flow
radial and axial velocities normal to the surfaces f and fch model.
(Fig. A1) a linear distribution of these velocities had to be At the beginning of each time step it is assumed that the
assumed to obtain the velocity field. Applying this method, gas velocity relative to the grid is zero. A first estimation of
it was observed that the spatial pressure distribution inside the temperature field is provided by solving the energy
the cylinder was greatly non-uniform. High local pressure conservation equation and the static pressure at each
differences were observed, which are not acceptable, given computational cell is calculated from the perfect gas state
that the pressure field inside the cylinder is nearly uniform equation. This pressure field is obviously non-uniform,
[1]. To overcome this problem and to avoid using a CFD given that the mass transfer between the computational cells
model it was decided to use the criterion of uniform has been neglected. Taking into account that the pressure
pressure field to calculate the local values of the radial and field should be nearly uniform, a new velocity field is
axial velocities. Following this method a velocity field is determined. The energy conservation equation is solved
predicted at each time step. Moreover the energy equation again in this newly developed velocity field and the former
is solved using this simply calculated velocity field and the procedure iterates until the temperature field has converged
spatial temperature distribution is obtained. It has to be and the pressure field is nearly uniform. Using this method
mentioned that the proposed gas motion model can be for each time step the velocities, temperatures and densities
applied only for the closed part of the engine cycle. are calculated at each computational cell, while the time
Furthermore, it should be mentioned that at multi-zone required compared to CFD models is relatively low.
phenomenological models the problem of maintaining the
pressure uniform is encountered by a simpler but less COMPUTATIONAL DOMAIN
reliable way. Mass transfer between the zones is neglected The engine considered in this study has a piston cavity
and the volume of each zone is computed centered in the cylinder bore. Thus the domain where the
thermodynamically to maintain the pressure uniform. It is computations are made is symmetric and the computation
obvious that this is not the case and mixing between the can be confined to the quarter cylindrical coordinates (r,è,z)
zones should occur. The problem is to define how this mass as shown in Fig.2.
exchange should take place. This is the final target of the The area inside the cylinder is divided into cylindrical
present work. computational cells as shown in Fig.3. The number of cells
The application of the model is made on a high-speed in the r and è direction is constant, in contrast to the number
small DI diesel engine. A comparison between computed of cells outside the piston bowl in the z direction, which is
and experimental data for cylinder pressure is made, and the variable depending on piston position. The number of cells
effects of engine variables such as piston cavity diameter inside the piston bowl in direction z is constant. The grid
and engine speed on the velocity and temperature follows the piston motion contracting and expanding
distribution are examined. The main purpose is to have a [7,11,12,13]. The axial grid velocity inside the piston bowl
first evaluation of the model against conventional engine is equal to the piston velocity, in contrast to the axial
data i.e. cylinder pressure and then couple it to an existing velocity of the grid in the area between the top of the piston
jet formation and combustion model for diesel engines [2,3] and the cylinder head, which is given from EQ(1). In the
to simulate the combustion, air-fuel mixing and pollutant radial direction the cylinder is divided into an annular and
formation mechanism. In this way we wish to develop an inner volume. Thus the number of nodes, referring to the r
intermediate tool offering the benefits of phenomenological direction, in the annular volume may differ from the
models while examining in more detail the fundamentals of corresponding one in the inner volume.
the mixing and combustion mechanism. Thus the purpose
of the present work is not to replace CFD models since its
use is strictly limited to a certain part of the engine cycle.
Read Initial Values
Calculate coefficients
NO Test: Has the
Ai,i=e,w,n,s,t,b, Temperature
Su,Sp, etc field converged?
Advance time t=t+dt
r direction
θ direction
E N
e n
P
z direction
w
S s W
r direction
Fig.2 Computational domain
B
θ r W
N
S
E
z
T
Fig. 3. Computational cell and coordinates
w piston if z > z piston Heat transfer rate through
S =
w grid = z (1) the cylinder boundaries
z × w piston if z ≤ z piston
piston Power due to pressure
+ ⇒ (4)
variation
In the present study the grid used has: seven cells in the ⇒ S = S convection + S pressure
r-direction inside the piston cavity, seven cells in the r-
direction outside the piston cavity, six cells in the z The heat exchanged between cylinder walls and the gas
direction inside the piston bowl, and twelve to five cells in computational cells by convection is defined by :
the z-direction out of the piston bowl. At present, given that (T − Tcell ) W (5)
S convection = h × A × wall
there is no fuel injection, the quarter is not divided in the è Vcell m 3
direction. The convection heat transfer coefficient is obtained
Reducing the number of cells during piston movement from the following correlation:
towards TDC, a significant decrease of the required k
c2 c3
computational time is observed. Moreover this technique h = c1 × Re × Pr × (6)
lchar
provides a more uniform grid since the computational cells
in the piston bowl retain their shape in contrast to the ones lchar
where : Re = ρ × w char × (7)
outside the bowl which contract and expand [13]. µ
cp
TEMPERATURE FIELD – ENERGY CONSERVATI- Pr = µ (8)
ON EQUATION k
The energy conservation equation is described in terms a n d c1 ,c2 ,c3 : constants. In this study c1 =0.30, c2 =0.80,
of the cylindrical coordinates [11], which expand and c3 =0.33
contract with piston motion as follows: In the Reynolds number expression, lchar is the
characteristic length and wchar is the characteristic velocity.
1 (
∂ ρ zpiston h ) + 1 ∂(ρ u r h ) + 1 ∂( ρv h ) As far as the energy source rate due to pressure changes
is concerned, it is defined as:
∂t ∂r ∂θ
[ ]
zpiston r r ∂P 3
S pressure = W/m (9)
∂h ∂h ∂t
∂ r Γϕ ∂ rΓ ϕ
∂ (ρ w h ) 1 ∂r 1 ∂θ It is assumed that the gas is ideal which means that the
+ = + (2)
∂z r ∂r r ∂θ pressure at each computational cell can be defined by,
P = ρ× R× T (10)
∂h
∂ Γϕ The density of the gas at each computational cell is
∂z
+ +S calculated from the gas motion model described later on.
∂z Solving EQ(2) using the finite volume technique at every
computational cell, the spatial distribution of temperature is
Substituting specific enthalpy with “ c p × T ” and obtained at each crank angle. Consequently the local
k pressures can be computed from the perfect gas state
Γϕ with into EQ(2) we obtain the following equation: equation EQ(10). The calculation of the spatial distribution
cp
of pressure is essential for the gas motion model, as
( ) + 1 ∂(ρ u r T ) + 1 ∂(ρ v T )
explained later on.
1 ∂ ρ zpiston T
zpiston ∂t r ∂r r ∂θ NEWLY PROPOSED SIMPLIFIED GAS MOTION
MODEL
k ∂T k ∂T The definition of the velocity field inside the cylinder is
∂ r ∂ r
∂ (ρ w T ) 1 cp ∂r 1 cp ∂θ
very important given that in the energy conservation
+ = + (3) equation the convection term depends on the magnitude and
∂z r ∂r r ∂θ direction of the local velocity field. However the solution of
k ∂T the momentum equation needs special treatment given that
∂
c p ∂z S the convective terms contain non-linear quantities, and that
+ + the momentum equation (containing the local pressure) and
∂z cp the continuity equation are intricately coupled. Although
there have been proposed many computational fluid
Velocities u, v, and w are obtained from the gas motion dynamic methods for the calculation of the velocity field
model described later on. The volumetric source rate S is inside the cylinder of an internal combustion engine [5-9],
defined by the following expression: they have in common that they are complicated and
extremely time consuming. On the other hand they appear
to be quite accurate. To overcome the disadvantage of high r direction
computational time with some sacrifice to accuracy, at first
it was decided to use the flow field that was estimated from Start
a simple phenomenological model [14], like the one
presented in details in Appendix A, and solve the energy
conservation equation, using the implicit finite volume
method. However, great variations of local pressure inside
the cylinder at each crank angle were observed, which were
not acceptable, given that the pressure is practically
uniform at each crank angle.
Based on the assumption that the gas pressure is
practically uniform inside the engine cylinder, a new
simplified gas motion model has been developed. The
z direction
velocity field is obtained following an iterative procedure.
First, at each crank angle the energy equation is solved, and
a spatial distribution of the temperature is obtained
assuming that the velocity of the gas relative to the grid is Finish
zero. Then the pressure distribution is obtained using the direction 1
perfect gas state equation. Given that the pressure must
practically be uniform, an amount of mass dmcell should be Fig. 4a Sweeping direction 1 for the estimation of the
transferred to each computational cell through its velocity field.
boundaries from the neighboring cells to eliminate the
pressure difference and make it practically equal to the r direction
mean pressure of the cylinder. The required mass is defined
from, Finish
P × Vcell
dm cell = mean − m cell (11)
R × Tcell
The total transferred mass “dmcell” for all computational
cells at each crank angle should be equal to zero, given that
the total mass of the gas inside the cylinder is constant.
Thus the mean cylinder pressure can be estimated from,
∑m cell × R
i, j,k
Pmean = (12)
z direction
∑T
Vcell
i, j, k cell
(ρ × u )s × A s
With the new velocity field the mass conservation equation
S ks D s Α (Pe s ) +
is solved for each computational cell to determine the local ×As z p, m
densities, cp × (δr )SP max (Fs ,0 )
mcell,old + dm total,cell
ρcell = (20) T kt (ρ × w )t × A t D t Α(Pe t ) +
×At z p,m
cp × (δz )PT
Vcell
max (- Ft ,0 )
and the energy conservation equation is then solved, to
determine a new temperature field. The final solution of the B kb (ρ × w )b × A b D b Α (Pe b ) +
× Ab z p, m
velocity and the temperature field is achieved when the cp × (δz )BP max (Fb ,0 )
temperature field has converged.
It has to be mentioned that the velocity field is obtained
following the two sweeping directions of computational
cells alternatively through the iterations to limit the effect In the previous expressions values Pei , i=E,W,N,S,T,B, are
of the sweeping direction on the flow field calculations calculated from the following formulae:
even though no serious differences have been observed. F
Pe i = i , where i = e, w, n, s, t, b (23)
Di
SOLUTION OF THE ENERGY CONSERVATION Function A(Pei ) where i=e,w,n,s,t,b is defined by the
EQUATION following equation for the hybrid spatial differencing
The energy conservation equation is solved using the fully scheme,
implicit finite volume method. The discretized equation has
the following form,
(
A(Pei ) = max 0,1- 0,5× Pei )(24)
50
Exhaust Valve Closure 15o CA after TDC Calculated
40 Measured
Experimental results have been obtained at 1500, 2000,
2500 rpm engine speed. The comparison between the
experimental and the calculated data focuses on the cylinder 30
pressure diagram using the part from inlet valve closure up
to fuel injection. In the near future an effort will be made to 20
present results obtained by a CFD model in order to
compare the temperature and velocity fields which are
10
predicted.
20 20
10 10
0 0
120 130 140 150 160 170 120 130 140 150 160 170
60 60
2000 rpm,d/D=54% 2500 rpm,d/D=54%
Calculated
Cylinder Pressure (bar)
30 30
20 20
10 10
0 0
40 80 120 160 200 240 280 320 40 80 120 160 200 240 280 320
complicated method is used to simulate the compression surfaces f and fch shown in Fig. A1. The mean gas velocities
stroke. U, W through surfaces f and fch respectively are computed
Evaluation of the proposed Flow Model - To evaluate from the following equations:
qualitatively the flow field obtained from this new method a
comparison is made with the one obtained using a well
proven simple phenomenological model [14], which is
∑ u s i, j ×ρi, j × Α s
presented in Appendix A. In the simple phenomenological d
r=
model it is assumed that the gas density is uniform and that U= 2 (25)
the gas axial and radial velocity components in the annular ρ × Αf
volume Vr and in the piston bowl Vch are zero, respectively.
To compare the two gas motion models, we compare gas
∑ w t i, j ×ρ i, j × A t
axial w0 EQ(A10) and radial wr EQ(A18) velocities z =z piston
computed from the simple phenomenological model, with W= (26)
ρ × A fch
the corresponding mean gas velocities obtained from the
newly developed gas motion model, at the corresponding
40 2 5 0 0 r p m , d / D = 5 4 %
2
Wo/Wp,m
Wm/Wp,m
30 C a l c u l a t e d
20 0
10 -1
0 -2
120 130 140 150 160 170 40 80 120 160 200 240 280 320
Crank Angle Degree
Crank Angle deg. Fig. 8b Comparison between the Axial Gas Velocity
Fig. 7b Enlarged Computed and Measured Mean Cylinder computed by the simple phenomenological model (Wo) and
Pressure diagram for 2500 rpm engine speed and d/D=54% the one obtained by the proposed gas motion model (Wm)
at 1500 rpm and d/D=44%.
The results are shown in Figs. 8a,b - 10a,b for 1500 rpm
engine speed and for various piston bowl geometry
conditions. As observed the two gas motion models provide 4
similar gas velocities revealing that the newly proposed
(Radial velocity) / (Mean Wp)
2
6
1
(Radial velocity) / (Mean Wp)
5
4 0
3 -1
2
-2
1 Wr/Wp,m
0 -3
Um/Wp,m
-1 -4
-2
40 80 120 160 200 240 280 320
-3 Wr/Wp,m
Crank Angle Degree
-4 Um/Wp,m Fig. 9a Comparison between the Radial Gas Velocity
-5 computed by the simple phenomenological model (Wr) and
the one obtained by the proposed gas motion model (Um) at
40 80 120 160 200 240 280 320
1500 rpm and d/D=54%.
Crank Angle Degree
Fig. 8a Comparison between the Radial Gas Velocity
computed by the simple phenomenological model (Wr) and respectively using 20 deg intervals. As observed the gas
the one obtained by the proposed gas model motion (Um) at motion model provides a realistic view of the in-cylinder
1500 rpm and d/D=44%. flow field, compared to the simple phenomenological
model described by detail in Appendix A. To make some
FLOW FIELD– In the following paragraphs the statements about the flow field, it is decided to divide the
computed flow field and the effect of piston bowl geometry cylinder volume into three regions. The first one called (A)
and engine speed on it, is examined. is the annular cylindrical region of the cylinder, the second
Computed Velocity Field - The flow field computed one called (B) is the inner cylindrical region above the
from the gas motion model in the case of 2000 rpm engine piston bowl, and the third one, called (C) is the region
speed, and the standard piston bowl dimensions, is shown inside the piston bowl. It is observed that at 140 CA deg
in Figs 11a-e for 140 to 220 crank angle degrees
2 1
Wo/Wp,m Wo/Wp,m
(Axial velocity) / (Mean Wp)
0 0
-1
-2 -1
40 80 120 160 200 240 280 320 40 80 120 160 200 240 280 320
Crank Angle Degree Crank Angle Degree
Fig. 9b Comparison between the Axial Gas Velocity Fig. 10b Comparison between the Axial Gas Velocity
computed by the simple phenomenological model (Wo) and computed by the simple phenomenological model (Wo) and
the one obtained by the proposed gas motion model (Wm) the one obtained by the proposed gas motion model (Wm)
at 1500 rpm and d/D=54%. at 1500 rpm and d/D=64%.
3
(Radial velocity) / (Mean Wp)
-0.00
2
-0.01
1
-0.01
0 142.87 m/sec
-0.02
-1 0.015 m/sec
-2 Wr/Wp,m
Fig. 11a Velocity field at 140 CA deg, 2000 rpm engine
Um/Wp,m speed and d/D=54%
-3
40 80 120 160 200 240 280 320
Crank Angle Degree -0.00
Fig. 10a Comparison between the Radial Gas Velocity 142.87 m/sec
computed by the simple phenomenological model (Wr) and -0.01
the one obtained by the proposed gas motion model (Um) at 0.015 m/sec
1500 rpm and d/D=64%. -0.01
0.00 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.04
-0.01 -0.01
-0.01 -0.01
0.00 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.04
-0.01
-0.00
142.87 m/sec
-0.01
0.00 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.04 Fig. 15 Velocity field at 160 deg, 2000 rpm engine
Fig. 11e Velocity field at 220 deg, 2000 rpm engine speed and d/D=64%
speed and d/D=54%
radial and axial gas velocities. Examining Figs 14, 11b, and -0.01 569
15 the former observation can be verified by the computed
flow field with the proposed gas motion model. In case of 564
-0.02
d/D=44% the flow from region A to B is more intensive 559
compared to what occurs at d/D=54%, 64%. Moreover the
0.00 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.04
increase of the axial gas velocity as d/D decreases can be 554
attributed to the fact that the area fch through which the gas Fig. 17a Temperature field at 140 CA deg, 2000 rpm
mass has to flow is decreased. Thus it appears that the engine speed and d/D=54%
747
-0.01
739
415
731
-0.01 410
-0.00 723 405
400
715 395
-0.02
-0.01 390
707
385
699 -0.02 380
-0.01 375
691 370
0.00 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.04
365
683 -0.03
360
675 355
350
Fig. 17b Temperature field at 160 CA deg, 2000 rpm -0.03
345
engine speed and d/D=54% 340
-0.04
530
742
510
734
500
-0.00
-0.00 726
490
480 718
-0.01
470 -0.01
710
460
-0.01 702
450 -0.01
694
440
-0.02 686
430 -0.02
678
420
0.00 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.04
0.00 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.04
410 670
Fig. 17e Temperature field at 220 CA deg, 2000 rpm Fig. 18 Temperature field at 160 CA deg, 2000 rpm
engine speed and d/D=54% engine speed and d/D=44%
750 745
740 739
733
730 727
720 721
-0.00 715
-0.00 710 709
703
700
-0.01 697
-0.01 690 691
685
680
0.00 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.04 -0.01 679
670 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.04 673
667
660
661
650 655
Fig. 19 Temperature field at 160 CA deg, 2000 rpm Fig. 21 Temperature field at 160 CA deg, 2500 rpm
engine speed and d/D=64% engine speed and d/D=54%