This thesis is addressed to the problem of predicting the emission of exhaust smoke
from the diesel engine. A simulation program based on a zonal phenomenological
combustion model has been developed, permitting analysis of soot modelling
techniques. For the first time, a comparative study of the common soot model
expressions has been undertaken. Model sensitivities and behaviour have been
critically assessed in order to determine the key model parameters and to establish
a more solid predictive capability. Validation of both the combustion and soot
predictions was made by means of comparison with the extensive experimental
data-set of Kamimoto.
The combustion model results showed a very good match between -predicted and
experimental heat release curves. The only notable weakness derived from the
method chosen to represent the effect of air swirl on the jet. Otherwise, the
combustion predictions were deemed to be sufficiently accurate to serve as an
effective platform for soot model development and analysis.
The predictions of exhaust smoke for different operating conditions revealed the
importance of accurately describing the overall air-to-fuel ratio in the spray. The
effect of load variation was poorly represented due to neglect of the transfer of
combustion products between the model zones.
Soot rate predictions were generally quantitatively poor, thus requiring expression
calibration. The comparative study of soot expressions identified a ranking of
sensitivities of the formation expressions. Though oxidation is conceptually simpler,
more distinct qualitative differences were observed in the behaviour of the
expressions. The predictions of exhaust soot were found to be highly sensitive to
the 'matching' of the formation and oxidation expressions over the period of the
combustion process, and with poorly matched expressions, a very high sensitivity
to the soot model constants was shown. The best results were obtained by use of
simple quasi-chemical rate expressions
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