Ignition characteristics of SWCNTs with an ordinary camera flash are reported here. The ultimate goal of the work is to use SWCNT or other nanostructured materials as a means for distributed ignition in liquid rocket fuel sprays and homogeneous-charged compression ignition (HCCI) engines. The idea was originally proposed by the author in April 2003 and patented after initial investigation. Base...

This study analyzed factors that influence the ignition delay characteristics of n-heptane/methane-blended fuel. The effects chemical species, exhaust gas recirculation rate, compression ratio, cool/hot flames, and combustion chamber conditions (temperature, pressure, O2 concentration) were determined using CHEMKIN Pro. experiment for verification 550–1000 K at 15 bar with 50% H2/50% CH4 main r...

homogenous charge compression ignition (hcci) is a mode of combustion in ic engines in which premixed fuel and air are ignited spontaneously. there is a belief that hcci engines have a great potential to improve fuel consumption and reduce nox emissions. in this study, a single zone, zero dimensional, thermo-kinetic model has been developed and a computer program with matlab software is used to...

The influence of a turbulent spectrum of the temperature field on compression ignition at constant volume under homogeneous charge compression ignition engine conditions is studied by direct numerical simulation with complex chemistry. In particular the dependence of overall ignition progress on initial mixture conditions and turbulence parameters is determined. The propagation speed of ignitio...

Dual-fuelling provides a suitable method for operating compression-ignition engines on alternative fuels. The CFD package Fluent is being used to model the direct-injection of two such fuels simultaneously into an engine. The CFD models have been initially calibrated using high-speed photographic visualisation of the jets. Different orientations and staging of the jets with respect to each othe...

Abbreviations: aBDC, after bottomdead center; aTDC, aft bottomdead center; bTDC, before top dead center; CA50, cra fraction reaches to 50%; CI, compression ignition; COVime indicated mean effective pressure; DI, direct injection; DIS DOI, duration of injection (first DOI1, second DOI2); EGR, homogenous charge compression ignition; IMEP, indicat injection ratio; MPRR, maximum pressure rise rate;...

To acquire a high amount of information of the behaviour of the Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) auto-ignition process, a reduced surrogate mechanism has been composed out of reduced n-heptane, iso-octane and toluene mechanisms, containing 62 reactions and 49 species. This mechanism has been validated numerically in a 0D HCCI engine code against more detailed mechanisms (inlet tem...

This paper describes our developing understanding of low-temperature oxidation kinetics. We have investigated the ignition of the three pentane isomers in a rapid compression machine over a wide range of temperatures and pressures, including conditions of negative temperature coefficient behavior. The pentane isomers are small alkanes, yet have structures that are complex enough to allow for th...

Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) combustion is a pioneer method of combustion in which pre-mixed fuel and oxidizer (typically air) are compressed to the point of auto-ignition. HCCI engines can operate with most alternative fuels, especially, dimethyl ether (DME) which has been tested as a possible diesel fuel due to its simultaneously low NOx and PM emissions. In this paper a ...