A full-scale CFD model of scavenge air inlet temperature on two-stroke marine diesel engine combustion and exhaust emission characteristics

Year 2024, Volume: 9 Issue: 3, 493 - 517, 18.09.2024

Enes Fatih Pehlivan , İsmail Altın

https://doi.org/10.58559/ijes.1467215

Abstract

Most ships in the maritime transport sector are equipped with large two-stroke marine diesel engines in their propulsion systems. Therefore, ensuring stable and long-term operation of these engines is crucial to maintaining freight transportation. The design of the ship's machinery, particularly the diesel engine, is a crucial step in achieving this goal. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tools can be used to achieve this goal. This article presents a full-scale CFD study on the effect of different scavenge air inlet temperatures (300, 312, 330 and 340 K) on the combustion process and generation of exhaust emissions in a two-stroke marine diesel engine using ANSYS Forte software. Regarding the cylinder pressure, the presented model agrees well with experimental data. The maximum cylinder pressure decreases as the scavenge air inlet temperature increases, whereas the maximum cylinder temperature increases as the scavenge air inlet temperature increases. The maximum NOX, CO and UHC emission values are calculated to be 2256.5, 20375.8 and 3743.9 ppm, respectively, at a scavenge air inlet temperature of 340 K. Due to the higher combustion temperature caused by the increasing scavenge air inlet temperature, it is observed that the exhaust emission levels increase.

Keywords

Two-stroke marine diesel engine, Scavenge air inlet temperature, CFD model, Combustion, Exhaust emission

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