Availability analysis of n-heptane/iso-octane blends during low-temperature engine combustion using a single-zone combustion model

Hongqing Feng, Chunhong Zhang, Meiying Wang, Daojian Liu, Xiaoxi Yang, Chia Fon Lee

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Abstract

A zero-dimensional single-zone combustion and an availability balance model for low temperature combustion (LTC) engines have been developed combined with skeleton mechanism of primary reference fuel and the first and second law of thermodynamics. The variation of system availability is analyzed, and the effects of nine major species (OH, CH2O, H2O2, C3H6, C8H18, C7H 16, CO, CO2, H2O) on availability conversion are studied. The influences of fuel octane number on the availability of LTC process are studied to investigate the effects of fuel characteristics on availability destruction of HCCI combustion process. The irreversibility increases and heat transfer availability decreases with the rise of iso-octane volume fraction in primary reference fuels (PRFs).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)613-622
Number of pages10
JournalEnergy Conversion and Management
Volume84
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2014

Keywords

  • Availability
  • Chemical kinetics
  • Low temperature combustion
  • Primary reference fuels
  • Zero-dimensional single-zone model

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Nuclear Energy and Engineering
  • Fuel Technology
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology

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