Analysis of Incylinder Pressure and Temperature Variation in a Four-Stroke S. I. Engine Using Wiebe’s Combustion Model

Abstract:

This paper presents the modeling of in-cylinder pressure variation of a four-stroke single cylinder spark ignition engine. It uses instantaneous properties of working fluid, viz., gasoline to calculate heat release rates, needed to quantify combustion development. Cylinder pressure variation with respect to either volume or crank angle gives valuable information about the combustion process. The analysis of the pressure – volume or pressure-theta data of a engine cycle is a classical tool for engine studies. This paper aims at demonstrating the modeling of pressure variation as a function of crank angle as well as volume with the help of MATLAB program developed for this purpose. Towards this end, Woschni heat release model is used for the combustion process. The important parameter, viz., peak pressure for different compression ratios are used in the analysis. Predicted results are compared with experimental values obtained for a typical compression ratio of 8.3.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 984-985)
• Pages: 957-961
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.984-985.957
• Online since: July 2014
• Authors: Vijayashree Vijayashree*, P. Tamil Porai, N.V. Mahalakshmi, V. Ganesan
• Keywords: Incylinder Pressure, Spark-Ignition Engine, Wiebes Combustion Model, Woshini Heat Release Model

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