A new advanced approach to the design of combustion chambers in diesel engines
by Arturo De Risi, Teresa Donateo, Domenico Laforgia
International Journal of Vehicle Design (IJVD), Vol. 41, No. 1/2/3/4, 2006

Abstract: An innovative methodology aimed at reducing emissions and improving fuel consumption has been developed for the design of internal combustion engines. The method allows the design of new combustion chambers by means of a fully automated procedure based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations, genetic algorithms and clustering. Four different engine operating conditions, i.e. load and speed values, were considered in the design of the combustion chamber. The results of the optimisation were used to understand the effect of the five geometrical parameters on the mechanism of formations of soot and NO_x by analysing the distribution of temperature and equivalence ratio within the optimised chambers.

Online publication date: Thu, 04-May-2006

The full text of this article is only available to individual subscribers or to users at subscribing institutions.

 
Existing subscribers:
Go to Inderscience Online Journals to access the Full Text of this article.

Pay per view:
If you are not a subscriber and you just want to read the full contents of this article, buy online access here.

Complimentary Subscribers, Editors or Members of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Vehicle Design (IJVD):
Login with your Inderscience username and password:

Username:        Password:          Forgotten your password?

Want to subscribe?
A subscription gives you complete access to all articles in the current issue, as well as to all articles in the previous three years (where applicable). See our Orders page to subscribe.

If you still need assistance, please email subs@inderscience.com