A Semi-Empirical Laminar-To-Turbulent Flame Transition Model Coupled With G Equation For Early Flame Kernel Development And Combustion In Spark-Ignition Engines

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINE RESEARCH(2021)

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Abstract
It has been reported that early combustion in a spark-ignition engine determines the subsequent combustion. Also, the early combustion has a very strong correlation with cycle-to-cycle variability, which limits engine operating range. As such, accurate modeling of the early flame development is very important in accurate simulation of spark-ignition engine combustion. During the early flame development, the flame kernel, initiated by spark, grows initially at laminar flame speed. As the kernel grows, the flame surface wrinkles due to surface instability and interacts with the flow turbulence as the flame transitions from laminar to turbulent flame. In this study, a semi-empirical model is proposed to simulate the laminar-to-turbulent flame transition process during early spark-ignition combustion. A hyperbolic tangent function was used to emulate the laminar-to-turbulent flame speed transition process. The proposed transition function was evaluated during early flame kernel development for both Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes and large eddy simulation models against combustion analysis data from high-speed optical particle image velocimetry. Difference in Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes and large eddy simulation transition function was analyzed and discussed.
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Internal combustion engine, computational fluid dynamics simulation, flame transition
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