Understanding strong knocking mechanism through high-strength optical rapid compression machines

J Pan, Z Hu, H Wei, M Pan, X Liang, G Shu… - Combustion and Flame, 2019 - Elsevier
Strong knocking combustion has become the greatest challenge for advanced internal
combustion engines to pursue thermal efficiency limits at high power density conditions …

Temperature gradient induced detonation development inside and outside a hotspot for different fuels

J Pan, S Dong, H Wei, T Li, G Shu, L Zhou - Combustion and Flame, 2019 - Elsevier
With the dimensionless parameters obtained for syngas/air mixture, Bradley detonation
peninsula is often used to determine the detonation development for hotspot autoignition …

Experimental and numerical investigation on effects of pre-ignition positions on knock intensity of hydrogen fuel

H Xu, X Ni, X Su, B Xiao, Y Luo, F Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The higher self-ignition temperature of hydrogen facilitates a higher compression ratio of
H2ICEs (hydrogen internal combustion engines), which improves the thermal efficiency of …

Large-eddy simulation study on cycle-to-cycle variation of knocking combustion in a spark-ignition engine

C Chen, P Pal, M Ameen, D Feng, H Wei - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The cycle-to-cycle variation in the knock intensity is commonly encountered under abnormal
combustion conditions. The severity of these abnormal combustion events can vary …

Influence of kinetics on DDT simulations

O Dounia, O Vermorel, A Misdariis, T Poinsot - Combustion and Flame, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Deflagration to Detonation Transition (DDT) is an intricate problem that has been
tackled numerically, until recently, using single-step chemical schemes. These studies …

Effects of turbulence and temperature fluctuations on knock development in an ethanol/air mixture

MB Luong, S Desai, FE Hernández Pérez… - Flow, Turbulence and …, 2021 - Springer
The effects of turbulence on knock development and intensity for a thermally
inhomogeneous stoichiometric ethanol/air mixture at a representative end-gas autoignition …

Capturing different modes of hydrogen combustion in a spark-ignition engine using numerical simulations

MU Manzoor, X Dou, MR Yosri, M Talei, Y Yang - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) simulations of a spark-ignition engine
are performed to examine different modes of hydrogen combustion under a large range of …

Regimes of premixed turbulent spontaneous ignition and deflagration under gas-turbine reheat combustion conditions

B Savard, ER Hawkes, K Aditya, H Wang… - Combustion and Flame, 2019 - Elsevier
We address the problem of turbulent spontaneous ignition vs. deflagration propagating
against a mean residence time gradient, particularly relevant to the stabilization of quasi …

Auto-ignition and detonation of n-butanol and toluene reference fuel blends (TRF)

I Gorbatenko, D Bradley, AS Tomlin - Combustion and Flame, 2021 - Elsevier
The primary purpose of the paper is to report a study of the auto-ignitive and anti-knock
properties, firstly of neat n-butanol in air, and secondly of its blends with a gasoline-type …

Experimental analysis of super-knock occurrence based on a spark ignition engine with high compression ratio

L Zhou, R Kang, H Wei, D Feng, J Hua, J Pan, R Chen - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The super-knock phenomenon is a major obstacle for further improving the power density in
SI engines. The objective of this paper is to experimentally investigating the mechanism …