Understanding multi-stage HCCI combustion caused by thermal stratification and chemical three-stage auto-ignition
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Ben Houidi, Moez
AlRamadan, Abdullah
Sotton, Julien

Bellenoue, Marc

Sarathy, Mani

Johansson, Bengt

KAUST Department
Chemical Engineering ProgramClean Combustion Research Center
Combustion and Pyrolysis Chemistry (CPC) Group
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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2020-07-23Online Publication Date
2020-07-23Print Publication Date
2020-07Embargo End Date
2022-07-23Submitted Date
2019-11-07Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/664391
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The Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) concept shows great potential for improving engine efficiency and reducing pollutant emissions. However, the operation with this concept in Internal Combustion (IC) engines is still limited to low speed and load conditions, as excessive Pressure Rise Rates (PRR) are generated with its fast auto-ignition. To overcome this limitation, the use of moderate thermal and charge stratification has been promoted. This leads to multi-stage ignition, and thus a potentially acceptable PRR. Recently Sarathy et al. (2019), three-stage auto-ignition has been emphasized as a chemical phenomenon where the thermal runaway is inhibited during the main ignition event. The current paper demonstrates experimental evidence on this phenomenon observed during n-heptane and n-hexane auto-ignition at lean diluted conditions in a flat piston Rapid Compression Machine (RCM). Multi-stage ignition events caused by either chemical kinetics or by the well-known thermal stratification of this type of RCM are clearly identified and differentiated. The combination of these two factors seems to be a suitable solution to overcome PRR limitations.Citation
Ben Houidi, M., AlRamadan, A., Sotton, J., Bellenoue, M., Sarathy, S. M., & Johansson, B. (2020). Understanding multi-stage HCCI combustion caused by thermal stratification and chemical three-stage auto-ignition. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. doi:10.1016/j.proci.2020.05.047Sponsors
The experimental work was supported by the French research agency (Association Nationale de la Recherche et de la Technologie ANRT), Renault S.A., and PPRIME Institute during the Ph.D. thesis of M. Ben Houidi (CIFRE N:384/2010). The simulation work was supported by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) with funds given to the Clean Combustion Research Center. We acknowledge funding from the KAUST Clean Fuels Consortium and its member companies.Publisher
Elsevier BVAdditional Links
https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S154074892030095Xae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.proci.2020.05.047