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Numerical study on the inner spray and combustion of active pre-chamber jet ignition for achieving higher performance of a hybrid engine under ultra-lean conditions

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  • Zhao, Deyang
  • An, Yanzhao
  • Pei, Yiqiang
  • Hu, Junnan
  • Wang, Changhui
  • Sun, Yuxing
  • Xu, Linxun
  • Zhang, Zhiyong
  • Sun, Jian

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The mechanism of active pre-chamber (APC) inner fuel-air mixing, initial flame kernel formation, and jet flame evolution is still not clear. In this study, different APC inner geometry structures coulped with different mixture status were designed to synthetically analyze the inner gas flow, spray mixing, and hot jet flame evolution. The results showed that the APCs with small cone angles of 45° and 50° could promote the fuel-air mixing and spray atomization in a wider APC top space compared to APCs with large cone angles of 60° and 65°. An appropriate APC cone angle of 55° could reduce rich mixture zone and facilitate rapid flame kernel formation, fast flame propagation, and high jet activity, which was good for igniting the in-cylinder ultra-lean mixture. APCs with real fuel injection showed one heat release rate (HRR) peak, while APCs filled with homogeneous mixture showed the typical two peaks in the HRR profiles, the suitable mixture in APC duct section burned and formed the second HRR peak. The short thick APC induced the rich mixture distributed around the spark plug to form the initial flame kernel and showed a faster concentrated combustion process along with a higher pressure difference between APC and MC.

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  • Zhao, Deyang & An, Yanzhao & Pei, Yiqiang & Hu, Junnan & Wang, Changhui & Sun, Yuxing & Xu, Linxun & Zhang, Zhiyong & Sun, Jian, 2024. "Numerical study on the inner spray and combustion of active pre-chamber jet ignition for achieving higher performance of a hybrid engine under ultra-lean conditions," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 309(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:309:y:2024:i:c:s0360544224029244
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2024.133149
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