INVESTIGATION OF MULTI-ZONE MODELS FOR SPARK IGNITION ENGINE FUELED WITH ETHANOL

A. A.  Dare; Olanrewaju Olatunde; O. S. Ismail; A. S. Shote; O. J.  Alamu; M. A. Sulaiman

doi:10.31436/iiumej.v22i2.1550

Authors

Olatunde Bilikis Olanrewaju University of Ibadan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8848-8105
Olanrewaju Olatunde Olabisi Onabanjo University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5041-2722
Ismail Olawale Saheed University of Ibadan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6592-5069
Shote Adeola Suhud Olabisi Onabanjo University
Alamu Oguntola Jelili Osun State University
Sulaiman Adedoyin Musediq Olabisi Onabanjo University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31436/iiumej.v22i2.1550

Keywords:

Combustion, Internal combustion engine, Ethanol, Multizone model

Abstract

This research is aimed at investigating the effect of using ethanol (E100) in multi-zone model analysis consisting of multi-combustion chamber zoning cases. The first case considered is a three-zone model that has an unburned zone, burned zone, and transitory zone. The second case model is also three-zone, consisting of an unburned zone and two partitioned burned zones. The burned zone was imagined partitioned into burned zone-1 and burned zone-2 under uneven fuel distribution having different equivalent ratios. The third case is a four-zone model including two regions of burned zone, an unburned zone and a transitory zone, which is unburned burned zone containing a mixture of unburned and burned gases. Arbitrary constants for each of the unburned (CC1) and burned (CC2) Zone leakages in the unburned burned Zone are 0.00025, 0.0005, 0.001, 0.002, 0.005, 0.1 and 0.5. The Mass Fraction Burned (MFB) for zone-1, x1 and burned zone-2, x2 are computed using Partitioned Burnt Zones Ratios (PBZR) of 2:8, 3:7, 4:6, 5:5, 6:4, 7:3 and 8:2. Two equivalent ratios, one for each fuel MFB (?1, ?2), (0.8, 0.6) and (0.6, 0.8) are analyzed using fuel blends of varying percentage. A comparison of values of the three zoning cases is done using peak values from the three-zone models to evaluate the four-zone model. The model was compared with a spark ignition engine (SIE) operating with a premium motor spirit (PMS) serving as baseline. The engine operating conditions were set at an engine speed of 2000 rpm, -35bTDC ignition time, and burn duration at 60 ^oC. The indicated mean effective pressure (IMEP), thermal efficiency (?), cylinder pressure and emission fraction from the developed models and those of two-zone analysis obtained agreed with literature values. The result showed it is undesirable to have a high volume of burned charge as infiltrate. The three-zone segmented model predicted the highest engine thermal efficiency and peak pressure at mass burn ratio of 7:3. A general reduction in N₂ emission was observed for the three-zone transitional and four-zone models.

ABSTRAK: Kajian ini menilai kesan etanol (E100) dalam analisis model zon-berbilang yang terdapat pada masalah pengezonan kebuk pembakaran-berbilang. Kes pertama yang diambil kira adalah model tiga-zon yang mempunyai zon tidak terbakar, zon terbakar dan zon peralihan. Model kedua merupakan juga tiga-zon yang terdiri daripada zon tidak-terbakar dan dua zon bahagian yang terbakar. Zon yang terbakar dibahagikan kepada zon-1 terbakar dan zon-2 terbakar di bawah kebakaran tidak sekata yang mempunyai nisbah berlainan. Kes ketiga adalah model zon-keempat termasuk dua kawasan zon terbakar, zon tidak-terbakar dan zon peralihan iaitu zon terbakar tidak-terbakar di mana ia adalah campuran gas terbakar dan tidak-terbakar. Tetapan sebarangan bagi setiap zon kebocoran tidak-terbakar (CC1) dan terbakar (CC2) dalam zon terbakar tidak-terbakar adalah 0.00025, 0.0005, 0.001, 0.002, 0.005, 0.1 dan 0.5. Pecahan Jisim Terbakar (MFB) bagi zon-1, x1 dan zon-2 terbakar, x2 dikira menggunakan Nisbah Zon Bahagian Terbakar (PBZR) sebanyak 2:8, 3:7, 4:6, 5:5, 6:4, 7:3 dan 8:2. Nisbah dua persamaan, setiap satu bahan api MFB adalah (?1, ?2), (0.8, 0.6) dan (0.6, 0.8) dan diuji menggunakan pelbagai peratus bahan api campuran. Nilai perbandingan bagi tiga kes zon dibuat menggunakan nilai puncak dari model tiga-zon bagi menilai model empat-zon. Model ini dibandingkan dengan enjin cucuhan bunga api (SIE) beroperasi dengan motor alkohol premium (PMS) sebagai garis asas. Keadaan operasi enjin adalah dihadkan pada 2000 rpm kelajuan enjin, masa pencucuhan -35bTDC dan tempoh pembakaran pada 60 ^oC. Tekanan berkesan min tertunjuk (IMEP), kecekapan haba tertunjuk (?), tekanan silinder dan pecahan pengeluaran dari model yang dibangunkan dan analisis dua-zon yang terhasil adalah sama dengan nilai literatur. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan cas terbakar pada isipadu yang banyak adalah tidak diingini sebagai penyerap. Model tiga bahagian zon menunjukkan kecekapan haba enjin tertinggi dan tekanan puncak pada jisim bakar dengan nisbah 7:3. Manakala, pengurangan umum telah diperhatikan pada pengeluaran N₂ di peralihan tiga-zon dan model empat zon.

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