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Investigation of guide vane swirl and tumble device to improve in-cylinder air flow for compression ignition engine running with biodiesel
Idris Saad1, Saiful Bar2.
Biodiesel is expected to become the main alternative fuel for transportation purposes in
the coming future as a result of the recession of crude oil. The main advantage that makes
biodiesel the first choice as a substitute for petroleum-based fuel is that biodiesel can be
used in a compression ignition engine (CI) with minor modification. Unfortunately, with
biodiesel, the engine experiences reductions in power and torque, and increases in fuel
consumption and carbon deposits inside the combustion chamber mainly due to lower
calorific value and heavier molecules present in the biodiesel. One of the solutions to
minimize this problem is to increase the in-cylinder air motion and use this to break up the
heavier molecules and mix these molecules with air. To achieve this, a high turbulent flow is
required inside the cylinder. This paper presents the model of the Guide Vane Swirl and
Tumble Device (GVSTD) to develop an organized in-cylinder turbulent flow. The basic
model of GVSTD consists of simple fins imposed inside the intake system. Through computer
simulations, the results of air flow characteristics are compared with a conventional intake
system. The height of GVSTD vanes was varied at 25%, 50% and 75% of the intake runner
radius. The results show that in-cylinder velocity, turbulence kinetic energy and absolute
pressure at the start of the injection increase around 41%, 6% and 3%, respectively more
than the ordinary system which is expected to improve the mixing of biodiesel and air
resulting in better combustion.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
- University of North Carolina-Charlotte, United States
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