The purpose of present paper is simulation a direct injection stratified charge natural gas engine. The KIVA-3V code was used for gaseous fuel injection simulation. Compression and expansion stroke of engine cycle is simulated using KIVA-3V code. In cylinder fuel equivalence ratio distribution criterion is used for studying mesh independency. The results show that 550000 cells number is suff...

Three different approaches for modeling diesel engine combustion are compared against cylinder pressure, NOx emissions, and simultaneous optical diagnostic images from a heavy-duty, DI diesel engine. A characteristic time combustion (KIVA-CTC) model, a representative interactive flamelet (KIVA-RIF) model, and direct integration using detailed chemistry (KIVA-CHEMKIN) were integrated into the sa...

A numerical study of airflow and spray transport from rotary cup atomizer using KIVA-3V is carried out. The numerical result show that the electrostatic field speed up spray droplet speed and improve transfer efficiency. Breakup model produces smaller drops which are entrained into the center recirculation zone. The results of a parametric study considering different cup rotational speed, shapi...

Comparisons between numerical results and experimental data for a homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engine with optical accessibility are being presented in this paper. The KIVA – 3V program, a general purpose combustion routine, is being enhanced by implementing the optimized Shell model for the ignition process, applying the extended Zeldovich formulation for nitrogen oxide forma...

FAST-EVP (Fluid-Dynamics Analysis Software Tool for Engine Virtual Prototyping) is a simulation tool for internal combustion engines running on cluster platforms; it has evolved from the KIVA-3V code base, but has been extensively rewritten making use of modern numerical software for linear systems, parallel programming techniques and advanced physical models. The software is currently in use a...