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Numerical study on effect of injector angle and intake manifold with entry angle on mixing enhancement in a port-injected dual-fuel engine

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The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of the change in the intake manifold geometry on the flow behavior and air-fuel mixing formation within a fuel injector port in a single-cylinder engine with a dual-fuel model engine. In an optimization study supported by the commercial computational code ANSYS-FLUENT, various injector angles and entry angles of an intake manifold are established to analyze their effects on the mixing behavior that causes mixture formation. The injector angles (α) are being changed from 20° to 30° to 40° for an intake manifold with entry angle (β) levels of 20°, 25°, 30°, 35°. The total pressure recovery, pressure loss, mean of velocity distribution, turbulent kinetic energy, helicity, and mass fraction of methane (CH4) are analyzed to evaluate the performance of flow behavior for mixing enhancement. Based on the validated results, the numerical results provide a highly accurate solution for geometry problems.

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Abbreviations

CFD :

Computational fluid dynamics

CH 4 :

Methane

CPU :

Central processing unit

α :

Injector angles

β :

Intake manifold with entry angle

3D :

Three-dimensional

RNG :

Renormalization group

SI :

Spark ignition

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Acknowledgments

This study was financially supported under the Basic Science Research Program (2019R1A2C1089494) and the framework of the international cooperation program (2020K1A3A1A 19088692), funded by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) under the India-Korea International Cooperation Program.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea

    Quangkhai Pham

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea

    Huijun Kim

  3. School of Mechanical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea

    Byungchul Choi

  4. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea

    Suhan Park

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Quangkhai Pham is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea. He received his M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Ho Chi Minh University of Technology. His research interests include internal combustion engines, alternative fuels, and fuel spray.

Huijun Kim received his Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Hanyang University, Korea. He is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea. Dr. Kim’s research interests include internal combustion engines, alternative fuels, fuel spray, electric vehicles, and greenhouse gas life cycle analysis.

Byungchul Choi received his Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Hokkaido University, Japan. He is currently Professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea. Dr. Choi’s research interests include automotive emission aftertreatment systems, the application of liquid biofuels in the automotive engines, the production of hydrogen by steam reforming (SR) catalysts, explosive solid fuels, catalytic combustion, and non-thermal plasma technology.

Suhan Park received his B.S., and M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Hanyang University, Korea. He is currently an Associate Professor at School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea. Dr. Park’s research interests include internal combustion engines, alternative fuels, fuel sprays, electric vehicles and greenhouse gas life cycle analysis.

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Pham, Q., Kim, H., Choi, B. et al. Numerical study on effect of injector angle and intake manifold with entry angle on mixing enhancement in a port-injected dual-fuel engine. J Mech Sci Technol 37, 4877–4888 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-023-0841-7

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