Fuel autoignition variability : shock tube measurements, a reduced kinetic model and diesel engine studies
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Authors
Gowdagiri, Sandeep
Issue Date
2014-12
Type
Electronic thesis
Thesis
Thesis
Language
ENG
Keywords
Mechanical engineering
Alternative Title
Abstract
This thesis presents 1) ignition delay time measurements carried out using the shock tube method for jet and diesel fuels of interest to the US Navy; 2) a reduced kinetic model to describe the ignition of jet and diesel fuels; and 3) single-cylinder diesel engine ignition, emissions, and fuel consumption measurements carried out for jet and diesel fuels. This combination of work provides both fundamental and applied characterization of jet and diesel fuel combustion behavior and a reduced kinetic model that can describe fuel ignition variability in computational fluid dynamics simulations of combustion engines.
Description
December 2014
School of Engineering
School of Engineering
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Publisher
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY