Modelling Diesel Combustion

Contents; Preface ; Phenomenology of Diesel Combustion and Modeling; 1 Introduction; Role of Internal Combustion Engines; Developments in DI Diesel engines ; Modelling of combustion in DI diesel engines; 2 Phenomenology of diesel Combustion and modelling ; Combustion Model; Emission models; Theme of the book; 3 Experiments; Studies in a bomb; Real engine studies; 4 Turbulent Structure of the Diesel Spray; Vaporising spray; Combusting sprays; Summary of the model for vapourising and combusting sprays; Modern view of the vaporising and burning spray ; 5 Ignition Delay in a Diesel Engine; Definition and Measurement of Ignition Delay ; Classical model for Ignition Delay and its extension to other fuels; Phenomenological model of Ignition delay; 6 Heat Transfer; 7 Heat Release in Indirect Injection engines; Description of the Phenomenological model; Experimental technique; Results and discussions; 8 Mixing correlations for smoke and fuel consumption of Direct Injection engines; Characteristic parameter for air fuel mixing in a cross flow; Validation of the mixing parameter; Conclusion; 9 Heat Release in Direct Injection Engines; Heat Release Rate in Diesel Engines; Model for Mixing Controlled Combustion; Input rate and dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy of fuel spray; Modelling three Regimes of heat release rate; Steps to calculate Heat Release Rate using the new model; Experimental Validation; Heat Release Rate from the Experiments; Estimation of heat transfer across the walls; Results; 10 Hydrocarbons from D I Diesel Engines; HC model; Predicting HC in the exhaust; Discussions; 11 Hydrocarbon Emissions from Spark Ignition Engines; Description of the Engine Mode; Comparison of the model prediction with engine experiments; Conclusions; 12 Smoke from DI Diesel engines; Phenomenon of soot formation; Application to engine conditions; 13 Oxides of Nitrogen from Direct Injection Diesel Engines; Exhaust gas recirculation (EGR); Phenomenology of Oxides of Nitrogen; 14