Systematic Reduction of Detailed Chemical Reaction Mechanisms for Engine Applications
Journal article, 2017

In this work, we apply a sequence of concepts for mechanism reduction on one reaction mechanism including novel quality control. We introduce a moment-based accuracy rating method for species profiles. The concept is used for a necessity-based mechanism reduction utilizing 0D reactors. Thereafter a stochastic reactor model for internal combustion engines is applied to control the quality of the reduced reaction mechanism during the expansion phase of the engine. This phase is sensitive on engine out emissions, and is often not considered in mechanism reduction work. The proposed process allows to compile highly reduced reaction schemes for computational fluid dynamics application for internal combustion engine simulations. It is demonstrated that the resulting reduced mechanisms predict combustion and emission formation in engines with accuracies comparable to the original detailed scheme.

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Author

L. Seidel

Brandenburg University of Technology

C. Netzer

Brandenburg University of Technology

M. Hilbig

Brandenburg University of Technology

F. Mauss

Brandenburg University of Technology

C. Klauer

LOGE

M. Pasternak

LOGE

Andrea Matrisciano

Chalmers, Applied Mechanics, Combustion and Propulsion Systems

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

0742-4795 (ISSN) 1528-8919 (eISSN)

Vol. 139 9 Article Number: 091701 - 091701

Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)

Mechanical Engineering

Energy Engineering

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Areas of Advance

Transport

Energy

Materials Science

DOI

10.1115/1.4036093

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