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Intake and exhaust port positions have great importance on performance of the rotary engines. The flow patterns inside the combustion chamber change according to port position of rotary engines. In this study, air flow inside a double-side-ported rotary engine including 4 inlet and 2 exhaust ports with ports was numerically investigated by using computational fluid dynamic techniques. Numerical flow field results were compared to experimental data presented in the literature. Change of volumetric efficiency according to engine speed and flow field data were obtained for different port combinations. The results reveal that swirl and tumble motions are together formed in one side-ported engine simulations. When air entrance is allowed from double-sided-ports, tumble motion is prevented by opposing air flow. Results show that double side intake port configuration has highest volumetric efficiency up to 8000 rpm. Single side intake port configuration has high volumetric efficiency up to 3000 rpm and it deteriorates rapidly after 3000 rpm because of high flow frictional losses. For all configurations, it is observed that rotating flows are prevailed by rotational flow induced by rotor motion at end of compression period and almost similar flow patterns are formed when rotor reaches at top dead center. After obtaining flow field results, combustion of single and double port intake configurations were compared with each other.
International Combustion Symposium
INCOS2018
Ozgur O. Taskiran
Alper Tolga CALIK
Osman Kutlar
In this experimental study, the effects of biodiesel on emission, performance and combustion parameters were investigated by performing full load experiments on a passenger car with diesel engine. A 1.5 liter diesel engine was tested from 2000 rpm to 4000 rpm with 5 different biodiesel-to-diesel blends and pure diesel. Engine sensors, wheel power, exhaust emissions, and in-cylinder pressure data were acquired to quantify the effects of combustion characteristics on emission and power stemming from biodiesel addition. Heat release rate, start of combustion, ignition delay duration and burn duration for all engine speeds were calculated from measured in-cylinder pressure data. The calculations revealed that biodiesels lead to earlier start of combustion, shorter ignition delay and burn duration. Higher oxygen content of biodiesel improves ignition and combustion quality and lowers HC and CO emissions, and exhaust gas temperature. However, steep in-cylinder pressure and heat release increase of biodiesel cause higher NOx emissions. Although biodiesel enables cleaner combustion than diesel, fuel consumption increases with biodiesel addition due to its lower heat release rate as a result of its lower gross calorific value compared to diesel.
International Combustion Symposium
INCOS2018
Tolgahan Kaya
Osman Kutlar
Ozgur O. Taskiran