Influence of piston position on the scavenging and swirling flow in two-stoke diesel engines
Abstract
We study the eect of piston position on the in-cylinder swirling flow in a low speed large two-stroke marine diesel engine model. We are using Large Eddy Simulations in OpenFOAM, with three different models for the turbulent flow: a one equation model (OEM), a dynamic one equation model (DOEM) and Ta Phuoc Loc's model (TPLM). The simulated flows are grid-independent and they are computed in situations analogous to two different piston positions where the air intake ports are uncovered 100% and 50%, respectively. We find that the average flow inside the cylinder changes qualitatively with port closure from a Burgers vortex profile to a solid body rotation while the axial velocity changes from a wake-like profile to a jet-like profile. The numerical results are compared with measurements in a similar geometry [3] and we find a good agreement between simulations and measurements. Furthermore, we consider the unsteady flow and identify a dominant frequency in a power spectrum based on velocity which we show is due to precession of the vortex core, and compare with measurements of the unsteady flow obtained with Laser Doppler Anemometry.
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Conference Abstract, 2011
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