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Elucidation of mechanism of high thermal efficiency combustion owing to auto-ignition in the latter half of combustion in gas engines

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16H04601
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Naval and maritime engineering
Research InstitutionOkayama University

Principal Investigator

TOMITA Eiji  岡山大学, 自然科学研究科, 教授 (80155556)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 河原 伸幸  岡山大学, 自然科学研究科, 研究教授 (30314652)
Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥17,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥13,780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,180,000)
Keywords熱機関 / 燃焼 / 自着火 / 光計測 / 火炎伝ぱ / 3次元CFDシミュレーション / 内燃機関 / ガス機関 / 可視化 / 分光計測 / 化学反応 / 船舶海洋工学 / CFDシミュレーション / 火炎伝播 / 熱工学 / ノック
Outline of Final Research Achievements

It was possible that methane and air mixture was burned due to a small amount of diesel fuel and auto-ignited in the end gas region without pressure oscillation by using a compression-expansion machine that can make the mixture burn only once. The expansion rate of combustion area of end gas in PREMIER combustion was slower than that in knocking combustion by analyzing time series image with a high-speed camera. Three-dimensional CFD simulation is applied to analyze the auto-ignition phenomena in the end gas region. Reactions selected from the group of simplified reaction scheme of C14H28 were optimized due to genetic algorithm of elementary reactions. Then, laminar burning velocity of methane-air mixture showed closer value with the experimental data for lean condition while the values of ignition delay of both C14H28-air and methane-air were almost the same. The rate of heat release based on these reactions shows better results than previous one.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

エンドガス部で自着火するものの,ノックに至らないエンジン燃焼(PREMIER燃焼)は,過去の研究より高効率であることが分かっている.エンドガス部で自着火するのに,なぜ圧力波が生じないのかを明らかにすることが課題である.このメカニズムが解明できれば,ノックの抑制手法の発見につながる可能性もある.本研究ではエンドガス部の可視化により,自着火の様子や自着火燃焼部の拡がり速度を調査し,PREMEIR燃焼とノックの差を明らかにした.軽油着火式ガス機関は希薄燃焼式で高圧縮比であるので,もともと熱効率は高いがさらに高くなり,省資源および二酸化炭素低減にも寄与する.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Annual Research Report
  • 2016 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (16 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 2016 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (4 results) Journal Article (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 3 results) Presentation (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Invited: 1 results) Book (1 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Wayne State University(米国)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Environmental Research 国立研究所(韓国)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Northumbria(英国)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] National Institute/of Environmental Research(韓国)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Differences between PREMIER combustion in a natural gas spark-ignition engine and knocking with pressure oscillations2019

    • Author(s)
      Nobuyuki Kawahara, Yungjin Kim, Hisashi Wadahama, Kazuya Tsuboi, Eiji Tomita
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

      Volume: 37 Issue: 4 Pages: 4983-4991

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.proci.2018.08.055

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Extension of PREMIER combustion operation range using split micro pilot fuel injection in a dual fuel natural gas compression ignition engine: A performance-based and visual investigation2016

    • Author(s)
      Cagdas Aksu, Nobuyuki Kawahara, Kazuya Tsuboi, Morio Kondo, Eiji Tomita
    • Journal Title

      Fuel

      Volume: 185 Pages: 243-253

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.fuel.2016.07.120

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Combustion characteristics and NOX emissions of biogas fuels with various CO2 contents in a micro co-generation spark-ignition engine2016

    • Author(s)
      Yungjin Kim, Nobuyuki Kawahara, Kazuya Tsuboi, Eiji Tomita
    • Journal Title

      Applied Energy

      Volume: 182 Pages: 539-547

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.08.152

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Numerical Investigation of Natural Gas-Diesel Dual Fuel Engine with End Gas Ignition2018

    • Author(s)
      Apoorv Talekar, Ming-Chia Lai, Eiji Tomita, Nobuyuki Kawahara, Ke Zeng, Bo Yang
    • Organizer
      SAE World Congress
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Differences between PREMIER combustion in a natural gas spark-ignition engine and knocking with pressure oscillations2018

    • Author(s)
      Nobuyuki Kawahara, Yungjin Kim, Kazuya Tsuboi, Eiji Tomita
    • Organizer
      37th International Symposium on Combustion,
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Characteristics of PREMIER (PREmixed Mixture Ignition in the End gas Region) combustion- End gas auto-ignition without pressure oscillation2018

    • Author(s)
      Eiji Tomita
    • Organizer
      2018 SAE China Conference and Exhibition
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] A Study of PREMIER combustion in a pilot ignited dual fuel biogas engine2018

    • Author(s)
      Alireza VALIPOUR, Nobuyuki Kawahara, Kazuya Tsuboi, Eiji Tomita
    • Organizer
      第56回燃焼シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 軽油着火式二元燃料ガスエンジンにおけるPREMIER燃焼-メタン価による評価-2018

    • Author(s)
      肥田大雅,河原伸幸,冨田栄二
    • Organizer
      第29回内燃機関シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 圧縮膨張機関での二元燃料燃焼におけるエンドガス自着火の可視化2017

    • Author(s)
      坂下啓介,河原伸幸,冨田栄二
    • Organizer
      第55回燃焼シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Simulation of Diesel Spray Combustion Using Chemical Kinetics2017

    • Author(s)
      Nobuyuki Kawahara, Norihiro Takeda, and Eiji Tomita
    • Organizer
      The 9th International Conference on Modeling and Diagnostics for Advanced Engine Systems
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] Chapter 8: Advanced Combustion in Natural Gas-Fueled Engines, in “Natural Gas Engines for Transportation and Power Generation, (Eds.) Srinivasan, K.K., Agarwal, A.K., Krishnan, S.R., Mulone, V."2019

    • Author(s)
      Ulugbek Azimov, Nobuyuki Kawahara, Kazuya Tsuboi, Eiji Tomita
    • Total Pages
      36
    • Publisher
      Springer
    • ISBN
      9789811333071
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      https://powerlab.mech.okayama-u.ac.jp

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2022-07-19  

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