This paper presents time}frequency analysis of multiple resonances in combustion chamber pressure signals and corresponding structure-born sound signals of the cylinder block of a combustion engine considering only one combustion cycle. Since the Wigner distribution proved itself as a good tool for these kinds of signals, the requirement which we imposed here was to produce a sum of the Wigner ...

The performances of a dual-combustion ramjet (DCR) and scramjet were compared via computational fluid dynamics numerical simulation to provide theoretical guidance for engine selection hypersonic vehicle. Kerosene, C12H23, with an equivalence ratio 0.8, was employed as the fuel, reactive flow modeled using six-species four-step chemistry. results show that DCR has central combustion mode, which...

In this paper, an innovative power plant, constituted by a gas turbine in combined-cycle fuelled by a synthesis gas (or syngas), produced in a local biomass gasifier, is analyzed. The plant is integrated with an external combustion system, fed by cellulosic biomass, connected to a heat exchanger able to increase the air temperature, as in a regenerative cycle. The combustion products pass throu...

Organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system is considered as a promising technology for energy recovery from the waste heat rejected by internal combustion (IC) engines. However, such waste heat is normally contained in both coolant and exhaust gases at quite different temperatures. A single ORC system is usually unable to efficiently recover energy from both of these waste heat sources. A dual loop ORC...

Robust and highly effective Fe-substituted and non-substituted La-Hexaaluminate methane combustion catalysts have been prepared via coprecipitation in "water-pools" of Water/Oil microemulsions with dual nonionic surfactants, followed by ethanol supercritical drying and post-annealing.

This study reports an adaptive digital learning project, scientific concept construction and reconstruction (SCCR), that was developed based on the theories of Dual Situated Learning Model (DSLM) and scientific reasoning. In addition, the authors investigated the effects of an SCCR related to a ‘‘combustion’’ topic for sixth grade students conceptual change and scientific reasoning. An experime...

A numerical code that simulates combustion phenomena occurring in a solid rocket motor is developed in this study using a preconditioning algorithm. A quasi-steady-combustion process was analyzed for a composite material in a submerged nozzle. The governing equations were solved using a dual-time stepping method combined with a finite volumemethod. Themass flux and pressure in the cell face wer...

This paper deals with the analysis of a set of measurements collected on a lean premixed combustion process operating in a limit cycle. Due to the fact that the data are collected in closed-loop and the system has no external excitation, the identi®cation task is particularly challenging. This work mainly focuses on the issue of the feasibility of the identi®cation task. It will be shown that, ...

This paper aims at studying a trigeneration system, based on an internal combustion engine and a steam ejector refrigeration system. The designed cycle is to generate cooling and heating energies, and supply power simultaneously. The cycle is studied from thermodynamics point of view and for this purpose, the first law of thermodynamics is applied to all components of the cycle. The efficiency ...