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Effect of changes in ambient conditions on the homogeneous combustion characteristics and flammability limits of biodiesel fuel combustion using surrogate fuel coupled with a combustion mechanism

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The purpose of this study was to analyze numerically the homogeneous combustion characteristics of biodiesel and diesel fuels and to investigate the effect of changes in ambient conditions on the homogeneous combustion and flammability limits of biodiesel and diesel using a surrogate species coupled with a combustion mechanism. The ignition delay characteristics of biodiesel and diesel were shown to be below 2 ms when the ambient temperature was less than 1000 K, and at the same time, the ambient pressure was above 20–25 atm. The combustion temperature, combustion pressure, and NOX emissions increased because the chemical reaction rate was influenced by the acceleration of the overall oxidation rate during combustion until the peak point of calculated analysis data among the whole ranges of equivalence ratio conditions. The CO emissions increased as the equivalence ratio rose. Thus, changes in the effect of ambient conditions on the homogeneous combustion characteristics of biodiesel and diesel fuels suggest that formation/oxidation related to the fuel combustion and emission reactions are limited to the thermo-chemical factors.

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Abbreviations

ATDC :

After top dead center

BTDC :

Before top dead center

CI :

Compression ignition

CO :

Carbon monoxide

CVCC :

Constant volume combustion chamber

EGR :

Exhaust gas recirculation

EVO :

Exhaust valve opening

HCCI :

Homogeneous charge compression ignition

IS-:

Indicated specific

ISFC :

Indicated specific fuel consumption

IMEP :

Indicated mean effective pressure

IVC :

Intake valve closing

NO X :

Nitrogen oxides

NTC :

Negative temperature coefficient

ppm :

Part per million

SFC :

Specific fuel consumption

SOI :

Start of injection

ϕ, Φ :

Equivalence ratio

m inj :

Injection mass

P amb :

Ambient pressure

P inj :

Injection pressure

P max :

Maximum cylinder pressure

T amb :

Ambient temperature

T init. :

Initial temperature

T max :

Maximum cylinder temperature

t inj :

Injection timing

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This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (No. 2020R1A2C1011641).

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    Hyun Kyu Suh

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Young Chan Lim is studying in graduate school of mechanical engineering, Kongju National University, Cheonan, Korea. He has interested in thermal engineering, chemical reaction and combustion analysis in automotive engineering, and low temperature combustion.

Hyun Kyu Suh is working in Division of Mechanical & Automotive engineering, Kongju National University, Cheonan, Korea. He has interested in thermal engineering, spray atomization and combustion in automotive engineering, and computational fluid dynamics applications.

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Lim, Y.C., Suh, H.K. Effect of changes in ambient conditions on the homogeneous combustion characteristics and flammability limits of biodiesel fuel combustion using surrogate fuel coupled with a combustion mechanism. J Mech Sci Technol 36, 1587–1597 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-022-0244-1

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