a comprehensive numerical study of the ethanol blended fuel effect on the performance and pollutant emissions in spark-ignition engine
;Zangooee Motlagh Mohammad Reza;Modarres Razavi Mohammad Reza
Nature2014Vol. 18pp. 29-38
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reza2014thermala
Abstract
In the present work, the performance and pollutant emissions in a spark
ignition engine has been numerically investigated. For this purpose, the
coupled KIVA code with CHEMKIN is used to predict the thermodynamic state of
the cylinder charge during each cycle. Computations were carried out for a
four cylinder, four strokes, multi point injection system (XU7 engine).
Numerical cases have been performed up to 30% vol. of ethanol. Engine
simulations are carried out at 2000, 2500 and 3000 rpm and full load
condition. The numerical results showed that pollutant emissions reduce with
increase in ethanol content. Based on engine performance, the most suitable
fraction of ethanol in the blend was found to be nearly 15% for the XU7
engine.