Numerical analysis of the effects of hydrogen enrichment on gasoline engines
by
 
Arslan Rasim, author.

Title
Numerical analysis of the effects of hydrogen enrichment on gasoline engines

Author
Arslan Rasim, author.

Personal Author
Arslan Rasim, author.

Physical Description
ix, 86 leaves: illustrarions, charts; 29 cm + 1 computer laser optical disc.

Abstract
An integrated computational fluid dynamic (CFD) and chemical kinetics framework is applied to a two dimensional section of a four stroke spark ignition (SI) engine in ANSYS Fluent 2024 R1 to investigate the effects of H₂ enrichment (0 %, 5 %, 10 %, 20 %, 30 % by volume) on in-cylinder combustion and emissions over a full 360o–1080o crank angle (CA) cycle at 2000 revolutions per minute (rpm). A CHEMKIN mechanism of 57 species and 269 reactions defined as fuel, characterizes gasoline as a surrogate fuel. Turbulence closures (k-ε & k-ω) and radiation treatments (P1 & Rosseland) are compared. The results obtained demonstrate that an increase in H2 content results in a corresponding increase in peak in cylinder temperatures and velocity peaks. The CO and soot emissions are reduced by over 70% and 43%, respectively, while there is an approximate 85% increase in thermal NOₓ emissions due to elevated combustion temperatures. The k-ε model and the Rosseland approximation are determined to best represent turbulent mixing and radiative losses under the studied conditions. The results also show that a 20% H₂ blend results in almost optimal reduction of CO and soot with an acceptable increase in NOₓ that is a good balance of the combustion efficiency improvement and emission disadvantages. The results of this thesis give quantitative indications for H₂ gasoline dual fuel strategies in engines and also reveal the choosing the correct physical models for accurate CFD predictions.

Subject Term
Internal combustion engines.
 
Hydrogen as fuel

Added Author
Toprak, Kasım,

Added Corporate Author
İzmir Institute of Technology. Mechanical Engineering

Added Uniform Title
Thesis (Master)-- İzmir Institute of Technology: Mechanical Engineering
 
İzmir Institute of Technology: Mechanical Engineering (Master).

Electronic Access
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