Developing a computational domain for the prediction

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
of in-cylinder phenomena in a Spark Ignition engine
IIT KANPUR
Vishesh Kaul

Introduction Methodology
• Validation of experimental data is essential to ensure the data used is
accurate. CAD model created and imported
• In-cylinder phenomena are important to understand for proper analysis
of experiments.
Geometry errors removed in
CONVERGE CFD
Asymmetric

Boundary conditions set along with

the whole case setup

Case run and observed for any errors

during runtime

Adjustment of allowable parameters

Fig. Temperature plot of cylinder at BDC Fig. Cylinder at TDC according to practice and intuition.

Computational domain
Case re-run and observed

Test data validated

Results tabulated

Fig. computational domain with demarcated boundaries

Results and Discussion

• The results were obtained for motoring and not combustion.
• Increase in intake pressure led to an observed increase in peak in-cylinder
pressure.
• Increase in intake temperature led to a decrease in trapped mass.
Fig. initial diagnosis Fig. Final diagnosis

Analysis
Initial parameters:
Table 1: parameters initialised for the first run

Trapped-mass vs CAD variation with pressure

Deviation observed:
Table 2: Slight disagreement between model Scope of Future Work
1. The simulation can be further tuned and used to simulate Hydrogen ignition.

Parameters for second run:
Table 3: recalibrated parameters for second run
Fig. Experimental(Green) vs Simulation(Blue) in-cylinder pressure 2. Engine characteristics of the model with laser ignition can be studied.
Deviation was observed in the second
run: 3. Optimisation of injection timing with combustion modelling.
Table 4: Comparison between experiment and simulation

References
[1]: Richards, K.J., Senecal, P.K., and Pomraning, E., CONVERGE 3.1, Convergent
Science, Madison, WI (2023).

Conclusions [2]: Ye, W., Pan, Y., He, L., Chen, B., Liu, J., Gao, J., Wang, Y., & Yang, Y. (2021).
Design with modelling techniques. Industrial Ventilation Design Guidebook
• The trapped mass observed was heavily overpredicted. (Second Edition), 109-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-816673-4.00008-0
• The inlet valve opening was checked, along with the compression
curve. 2341648
• The Pressure peaks at around 2.08 MPa for 57% throttle, 50Nm VISHESH KAUL
Load and at stoichiometric air-fuel ratio. Prof. AVINASH KUMAR AGARWAL
• The experimental setup is being investigated for sources of error. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT