Heat Release Studies in a Divided-Chamber Diesel Engine

The influences of operational parameters on the heat release and heat transfer characteristics of a divided-chamber diesel engine were examined. Increasing the fuel-air ratio increased the heat release rate, as expected, and increased the duration of combustion. Near the beginning and end of combustion the mass-burned rate was found to increase in direct proportion to an increase of engine speed. In contrast, in the central part of the combustion duration, the mass-burned rate was found to increase at a higher rate than engine speed. For motored conditions, the computed area-averaged heat-flux histories were found to be in reasonable agreement with the corresponding measured local heat-flux histories.